Method for improving production of streptomyces polyketide compounds

ABSTRACT

A method for improving the production of Streptomyces polyketide compounds is provided. The method greatly improves the capability of the Streptomyces polyketide compounds by strengthening a triacylglycerol decomposition pathway in Streptomyces during the stationary phase. A method for switching the primary metabolism of Streptomyces to the secondary metabolism, Streptomyces producing polyketide compounds, and use thereof are also provided.

CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority benefits to Chinese Patent ApplicationNo. 201910411123.7 filed with the National Intellectual PropertyAdministration of the People's Republic of China on May 17, 2019. Thecontents of all of the aforementioned application are all incorporatedherein by reference.

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TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of microbial engineering.More specifically, the present disclosure improves the production ofpolyketide compounds from engineered bacteria by improving thedecomposition of triacylglycerol (TAG) in engineered Streptomyces duringa stationary phase of fermentation.

BACKGROUND

Polyketide compounds are a class of secondary metabolites synthesized byorganisms, and they are usually organic substances with high biologicalactivity. Many drugs in clinic use, such as antibiotics,immunosuppressants, antiparasitics, and antineoplastic agents, arenaturally synthesized or derived polyketide compounds.

Industrial Streptomyces is the most important engineered bacteria forproducing polyketide compounds by fermentation. In the initial stage offermentation, bacteria consume external nutrients and grow rapidly. Whenessential nutrients become limited, Streptomyces undergoes a metabolicswitching from primary metabolism to secondary metabolism (Nieselt K. etal., BMC Genomics 11, 10, 2010), and begins to synthesize secondarymetabolites (such as polyketide compounds) (Bibb M. J et al., Curr OpinMicrobiol 8,208-215, 2005; Alam M et al., BMC Genomics 11, 202, 2010).Carbon sources in the culture medium are almost depleted at this time.Although substantial progress has been made in the research onpolyketone biosynthetic pathway and its regulation pathway in the art,carbon sources used in polyketone synthesis pathway, that is, sources ofintracellular direct precursors, still remain unknown after theexogenous carbon sources are consumed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

According to the present disclosure, metabolic flux in the biosynthesisprocess of polyketide compounds is dynamically analyzed for the firsttime, and it is proposed that the production of polyketide compounds canbe improved by strengthening a triacylglycerol (TAG) decompositionpathway in Streptomyces during a stationary phase.

In a first aspect, the present disclosure provides a method forimproving the production of a polyketide compound in a Streptomyces,comprising a step of strengthening a triacylglycerol decompositionpathway in a Streptomyces, preferably the Streptomyces during astationary phase.

In a second aspect, the present disclosure provides a method forswitching a primary metabolism to a secondary metabolism in aStreptomyces, comprising strengthening a triacylglycerol decompositionpathway in the Streptomyces.

In a third aspect, the present disclosure provides a Streptomyces forproducing a polyketide compound by fermentation, wherein an expressionlevel and/or activity of at least one enzyme in the Streptomyces thatcatalyzes an irreversible reaction of a β-oxidation pathway is enhancedcompared with an original strain.

In a fourth aspect, the present disclosure provides a use of theStreptomyces of the third aspect in the production of a polyketidecompound by fermentation.

Technical Effects

Most microorganisms start secondary metabolism when nutrients aredepleted. Therefore, a better understanding of the turning-on andswitching pathways of secondary metabolism (for example, switching froman extracellular carbon source to an intracellular carbon source) is ofgreat significance for fermentation engineering based on secondarymetabolism. Direct carbon sources for biosynthesis of polyketidecompounds after depletion of external nutrients remain unknown. Theexperimental results of this study demonstrate that an intracellular TAGpool provides precursors for polyketide biosynthesis during a stationaryphase (i.e., provides a carbon source) and regulates direction ofmetabolic flux. Specifically, since a large amount of NADH with reducingpower is generated via a fatty acid β-oxidation pathway during thedecomposition of TAG, and the activities of citrate synthase, isocitratedehydrogenase and α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenation in the TCA cycle arerepressed by high level of reducing power, the metabolic flow at thenode of acetyl-coenzyme A to TCA is thus reduced, thereby enhancing theflow to polyketide biosynthesis. This is completely different fromprevious studies in which TAG pathway is only a competitive pathway forpolyketide biosynthesis (Craney, A. et al., Chem Bio119, 1020-1027(2012); Zabala, D. et al., Metab Eng 20, 187-197 (2013)).

Although changes in the transcription profile during the switching fromprimary metabolism to secondary metabolism have been revealed in thefield (Nieselt, K., et al., BMC Genomics 11, 10 (2010); Liu, G, et al.,Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 77, 112-143 (2013); Bibb, M J, et al., Curr OpinMicrobiol 8, 208-215 (2005)), it is not yet possible to account for adecrease in the activity (post-translational level) of primary metabolicenzymes during the stationary phase. Our research found that a highNADH/NAD⁺ ratio during the stationary phase can inhibit citratesynthase, isocitrate dehydrogenase and α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase,which in turn leads to a decrease in carbon flux to TCA cycle. Inparticular, the inventors found that this high NADH/NAD⁺ ratio is mainlycaused by TAG decomposition in view of the fact that β-oxidationprovides a large amount of reducing equivalents (NADH and FADH).Therefore, the decomposition of TAG during the stationary phase has adual effect: it not only provides precursors (carbon sources) and energy(reducing power) for the synthesis of polyketide compounds, but alsoregulates the redistribution of carbon flux. The result of the presentdisclosure provides a basic mechanism for dynamic change of carbonmetabolic flux during the whole fermentation process, and proposes a newmechanism for switching from primary metabolism to secondary metabolismin Streptomyces.

Based on this mechanism, the present disclosure proposes to increase theproduction of polyketide compounds from engineered Streptomyces throughtemporal regulation of TAG decomposition. As proved by the embodiments,the regulation method in the present disclosure has wide applicabilityin Streptomyces: on a laboratory scale, amount of actinorhodin producedby Streptomyces coelicolor is increased by 190%, amount of jadomycin Bproduced by Streptomyces venezuelae is increased by 170%, and amount ofoxytetracycline produced by Streptomyces rimosus is increased by 47%,which reaches 9.17 g/L; and on an industrial fermentation scale, amountof abamectin B1a is increased by 50%, which reaches 9.31 g/L. It is thehighest production currently reported available on an industrial scale.The strategy of enhancing TAG decomposition during the stationary phaseproposed by the present disclosure provides a new solution for thefermentation improvement of polyketide compounds.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows the results of analysis of metabolite pools usingtime-course comparative metabolome. (a) Schematic of the switching fromprimary metabolism to secondary metabolism showing the trend ofpolyketide production, bacterial biomass and carbon sources in liquidmedium over time. (b) Changes in glucose consumption, bacterial biomass,and actinomycin (Act) production during the fermentation process ofStreptomyces coelicolor M145 and HY01 over time. (c) Identification andclassification of the metabolites of M145 by GC-MS analysis. TCA:tricarboxylic acid cycle; NUM: nucleotide metabolism; FMM: fructose andmannose metabolism; EMP: glycolysis; AAM amino acid metabolism; GM:galactose metabolism; GDM: glyoxylic acid and dicarboxylic acidmetabolism; PPP: pentose phosphate pathway; LPM: lipid metabolism; PGI:mutual conversion of pentose and glucuronic acid. (d) Changes ofmetabolites levels in different metabolic pathways in M145 over time.The amounts of metabolites at 20 h are normalized as one. Significanceis analyzed by t-test (p<0.05 is considered statistically significant,and the significance levels are ***p<0.001, **p<0.01 and *p<0.05, nsmeans it is not significant). (e) Changes in phospholipid (PL) and TAGlevels in M145 over time. The amounts of metabolites at 20 h arenormalized as one. (f) Proportion of different fatty acid moieties ofTAGs in M145 cultured at 48 h. TAG-iC13:0: isotridecanoate; TAG-aiC13:0:anteisotridecanoate; TAG-iC14:0: isomyristate; TAG-C14:0: myristate;TAG-iC15:0: isopentadecanoate; TAG-aiC15:0: anteisopentadecanoate;TAG-C15:0: pentadecanoate; TAG-iC16:0: isopalmitate; TAG-C16:0:palmitate; TAG-iC17:0: isostachidecanoate; TAG-aiC17:0:anteisomargarate; TAG-C17:0: heptadecanoate; TAG-C18: stearate;TAG-C16:1-Δ9: 9-hexadecenoic acid; TAG-C18:1-Δ9: 9-octadecenoic acid.Data shown in Fig. (b) are the average and standard deviation (s.d.) ofthree independent experiments. Data shown in Figs. (d) and (e) are theaverage and s.d. of five independent experiments.

FIG. 2 demonstrates that intracellular TAG pool contributes topolyketide biosynthesis during the stationary phase. (a) Changes inconcentrations of different fatty acid moieties from intracellular TAGpools between 48-96 h strains M145 and HY01. (b) Top 20 metabolites withsignificant change in intracellular concentration between M145 and HY01during the stationary phase. AcCoA: acetyl-coenzyme A; MalCoA:malonyl-coenzyme A; DHAP: dihydroxyacetone phosphate. (c) Dynamicrelationship of M145 strain growth, Act synthesis and TAG pool. Theamount of TAG at 20 h is normalized as one. The average value ofmultiple experiments (grey curves) is shown as a dark curve. (d)Intracellular metabolites of M145 strain that are significantly relatedto glucose consumption at 20 h to 48 h and Act synthesis at 72 h to 96h. (e) Transcription profile of genes involved in fatty acid synthesispathway in M145. The dark curve on the right shows an overall trend oftranscription trend levels of related genes. (f) Transcription profileof genes involved in fatty acid degradation pathway in M145. The darkcurve on the right shows an overall trend of transcription trend levelsof related genes.

FIG. 3 analyzes the mechanism of high-yielding Streptomyces strainsmobilizing intracellular TAG pool. (a)-(b): Labeling degrees of five Actcompounds in M145 and HY01 strains. (a) Tracing of the metabolic fluxfrom TAG pool to Act by using [U-¹³C] oleate. (b) Tracing of themetabolic flux from glucose to Act by using [U-¹³C] glucose. In Figs.(a) and (b), M and H represent M145 and HY01, respectively. (c)-(e):Comparison of the NADH/NAD⁺ ratio, ATP/ADP ratio and NADPH/NADP⁺ ratioin M145 and HY01 during the fermentation stationary phase. (f)-(h):Influence of addition of NADH and/or ATP on the activities ofα-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase (α-KGDH), isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH)and citrate synthase (CS) in vitro. The enzyme activity value of theM145 cell extracts without adding NADH and ATP is set as 100%. (i)Metabolic flux distribution at the node of acetyl-coenzyme A nodes instrains M145 and HY01. Glc: glucose; PYR: pyruvate; TAG pool:triacylglycerol pool; AcCoA: acetyl-coenzyme A; Act: actinomycin; TCAcycle: citric acid cycle. All results are given as the average and s.d.of three independent experiments.

FIG. 4 shows the identification of key proteins that affect theutilization of the intracellular TAG pool. (a) A brief illustration ofmetabolic pathway from intracellular TAG pool to polyketide synthesis.(b) Homology analysis among the 888 acyl-coenzyme A synthases in 125strains of Streptomyces. (c) Analysis of transcription intensity of fiveconserved acyl-coenzyme A synthases in M145 strain. (d) Analysis oftranscription temporal of sco6196 in M145 and HY01. (e) Effects ofknockout (6196DM) and overexpression (61960E) of sco6196 on Actbiosynthesis of Streptomyces coelicolor. (f) TLC assay of the remainingintracellular TAG pools in M145, 6196DM and 61960E during the stationaryphase. (g) GC-MS assay of the remaining intracellular TAG pools in M145,6196DM and 61960E during the stationary phase. Chromatographic peaks 1to 15 are iC13:0, aiC13:0, iC14:0, C14:0, iC15:0, aiC15:0, C15:0,iC16:0, C16:1-Δ9, C16:0, iC17:0, aiC17:0, C17:0, C18:1-Δ9 and C18:0,respectively. Data shown in Figs. (c)-(e) are the average and s.d. ofthree independent experiments.

FIG. 5 shows improving the production of different polyketides throughtiming regulation of TAG decomposition (ddTAG strategy). (a) Schematicof ddTAG module construction strategy. (b) Determination of the optimalinduction time and induction dose for Streptomyces coelicolor M145-DTcontaining the ddTAG module. (c) Changes in glucose consumption and Actproduction of M145 and M145-DT strains under fed-batch fermentationconditions over time. Feeding means supplementing glucose as carbonsources. (d) Relative productions of Act in M145 and M145-DT strainsunder batch and fed-batch fermentation conditions. (e) Fermentationproduction of Jedomycin B (JdB) produced by Streptomyces venezuelaeISP5230 and Sv-DT. (f) Fermentation production of oxytetracyclineproduced by Streptomyces rimosus M4018, M-DT, M2R and M2R-DT. (g)Abamectin B1a production of A56 and A56-DT in a 180-ton fermenter. Datain Figs. (c)-(f) are shown as the average and s.d. of three independentexperiments. Data in Figs. (d)-(f) are analyzed by t test (p<0.05 isconsidered statistically significant, and the significance levels are***p<0.001, **p<0.01 and *p<0.05).

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

It is known in the art that, in a closed culture system, the growth ofmicroorganisms is generally divided into a lag phase, an exponentialphase (also known as a logarithmic growth phase), a stationary phase(wherein the specific growth rate of bacteria is zero), and a decayphase. In the exponential period, the medium is rich in nutrients andthe number of microorganisms increases substantially. However, due tolarge consumption of nutrients in the exponential phase, remainingnutrients are not enough to support the continued mass reproduction ofmicroorganisms. The population of microorganisms slows down during thestationary phase, a relatively stable number of individuals ismaintained, and a large number of secondary metabolites are produced(FIG. 1 a ). In the present disclosure, it is proposed for the firsttime that the production of secondary metabolites can be promoted byenhancing a triacylglycerol decomposition during the stationary phase.The triacylglycerol may come from triacylglycerol accumulated bybacteria itself, or may come from a culture environment, such as soybeanoil, palm oil, gutter oil, etc., added to a culture medium. The terms“primary metabolism” and “secondary metabolism” used herein have themeanings known in the art. Primary metabolism is a metabolism (such asenergy metabolism, and synthesis of amino acid, protein, nucleic acid,etc.) that directly involves basic biological functions such as growthand development that exists throughout the growth cycle of a variety oforganisms. Secondary metabolism (also known as secondary metabolite) isa metabolic reaction that occurs only during a specific growth phase ofa specific species. Although secondary metabolism is not involved innormal growth, development and reproduction, lack of secondarymetabolites does not result in immediate death of the organism, but itis generally considered to result in a reduced viability of organisms.Secondary metabolites are produced during the stationary phase offermentation.

Polyketide compounds are secondary metabolites synthesized by bacteria,fungi, plants and animals. The biosynthetic pathway is mainly asfollows: adding a two-carbon unit of malonyl-CoA to an extending carbonchain through clathenate condensation reaction. Polyketide compounds canbe roughly divided into three categories: a type I polyketide compound(a macrolide typically catalyzed by a multimodular megasynthase), a typeII polyketide compound (an aromatic molecule typically produced by aniterative reaction of resolvase) and a type III polyketide compound (asmall aromatic molecule typically produced by fungal species). Apolyketide compound involved in the present disclosure comprise variouspolyketide compounds that can be produced by the fermentation ofStreptomyces, such as, but not limited to an actinomycin, a jedomycin,an abamectin, a milbemycin, an oxytetracycline, a nemadectin, etc.

As used herein, the term “triacylglycerol” is also called triglyceride(abbreviated as TG, TAG), which is an ester organic compound formed byesterification of one glycerol molecule and three fatty acid molecules.Its general formula is CH₂COOR—CHCOOR′—CH₂COOR″, wherein R, R′, R″ arethe same, partly the same or different long alkyl chains. As a maincomponent of oil, triacylglycerol can be decomposed into glycerol andfatty acids to provide energy for organisms. In the present disclosure,the triacylglycerol which provides carbon sources and reducing power forsecondary metabolism can be any triglyceride present in Streptomycescells, the fatty acid moieties of which can be saturated or unsaturated(monounsaturated or polyunsaturated) having a carbon number of, forexample, 12-24. The fatty acid moieties of triacylglycerol in thepresent disclosure can be an even-numbered carbon fatty acid or anodd-numbered carbon fatty acid, such as a dodecanoic acid, a tridecanoicacid, a tetradecanoic acid, a pentadecanoic acid, a hexadecanoic acid, aheptadecanoic acid, an octadecanoic acid, a nonadecanic acid, aneicosanic acid, a behenic acid, a tetracosanoic acid, etc.

Metabolism of fatty acids in organisms means fatty acids are decomposedthrough β-oxidation into acetyl-coenzyme A, which then enters atricarboxylic acid cycle for further oxidation. In this process, enzymesthat catalyze an irreversible step comprise, for example, anacyl-coenzyme A synthase, an acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase, and anacyl-coenzyme A hydratase.

Streptomyces that can be regulated by the method in the presentdisclosure comprise any industrial Streptomyces of the genusStreptomyces, comprising but not limited to a Streptomyces coelicolor, aStreptomyces albus, a Streptomyces venezuelae, a Streptomyces lividans,a Streptomyces avermitilis, a Streptomyces rimosus and a Streptomycesbingchenggensis.

In Streptomyces coelicolor, acyl-coenzyme A synthetase can be SCO1330(having a NCBI registration number of 1096753), SCO2131 (having a NCBIregistration number of 1097565), SCO2444 (having a NCBI registrationnumber of 1097878), SCO2561 (having a NCBI registration number of1097995), SCO2720 (having a NCBI registration number of 1098154),SCO3436 (having a NCBI registration number of 1098873), SCO4006 (havinga NCBI registration number of 1099442), SCO4503 (having a NCBIregistration number of 1099943), SCO5983 (having a NCBI registrationnumber of 1101425), SCO6196 (having a NCBI registration number of1101637), SCO6552 (having a NCBI registration number of 1101991),SCO6790 (having a NCBI registration number of 1102229), SCO6968 (havinga NCBI registration number of 1102406), SCO7244 (having a NCBIregistration number of 1102682), SCO7329 (having a NCBI registrationnumber of 1102767), and SCO4383 (having a NCBI registration number of1099823). Acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase can be SCO1690 (having a NCBIregistration number of 1097121), SCO2774 (having a NCBI registrationnumber of 1098208), and SCO6787 (having a NCBI registration number of1102226). Acyl-coenzyme A hydratase can be SCO4384 (having a NCBIregistration number of 1099824) and SCO6732 (having a NCBI registrationnumber of 1102171).

In Streptomyces albus, acyl-coenzyme A synthetase can be SLNWT_0050(having a NCBI registration number of 749644876), SLNWT_0304 (having aNCBI registration number of 749645099), SLNWT_0327 (having a NCBIregistration number of 749645115), SLNWT_0598 (having a NCBIregistration number of 749645407), SLNWT_0621 (having a NCBIregistration number of 749645437), SLNWT_3453 (having a NCBIregistration number of 1154940117), SLNWT_4291 (having a NCBIregistration number of 912432010), SLNWT_6199 (having a NCBIregistration number of 749654619), and SLNWT_6951 (having a NCBIregistration number of 749655284). Acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase can beSLNWT_4686 (having a NCBI registration number of 749652342).Acyl-coenzyme A hydratase can be SLNWT_0723 (having a NCBI registrationnumber of 749645556), SLNWT_0850 (having a NCBI registration number of749645763), SLNWT_4292 (having a NCBI registration number of 749651797),SLNWT_6769 (having a NCBI registration number of 749655095), andSLNWT_6771 (having a NCBI registration number of 749655096).

In Streptomyces venezuelae, acyl-coenzyme A synthetase can be SVEN_0294(having a NCBI registration number of 504844398), SVEN_0876 (having aNCBI registration number of 504844980), SVEN_2231 (having a NCBIregistration number of 1154133092), SVEN_3097 (having a NCBIregistration number of 75396681), SVEN_4199 (having a NCBI registrationnumber of 753966229), SVEN_6078 (having a NCBI registration number of504850157), SVEN_6188 (having a NCBI registration number of 504850267),SVEN_6773 (having a NCBI registration number of 504850852), SVEN_6774(having a NCBI registration number of 504850853), and SVEN_7224 (havinga NCBI registration number of 753967331). Acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenasecan be SVEN_0520 (having a NCBI registration number of 504844624), andSVEN_1293 (having a NCBI registration number of 504845396).Acyl-coenzyme A hydratase can be SVEN_0030 (having a NCBI registrationnumber of 504844136), SVEN_0204 (having a NCBI registration number of1368970457), SVEN_0279 (having a NCBI registration number of 504844384),SVEN_1657 (having a NCBI registration number of 504845760), SVEN_4200(having a NCBI registration number of 504848295), SVEN_5574 (having aNCBI registration number of 504849653), SVEN_5576 (having a NCBIregistration number of 504849655), and SVEN_6413 (having a NCBIregistration number of 504850492).

In Streptomyces lividans, acyl-coenzyme A synthetase can be SLIV_03075(having a NCBI registration number of 490069726), SLIV_04410 (having aNCBI registration number of 490070002), SLIV_07155 (having a NCBIregistration number of 490070554), SLIV_16515 (having a NCBIregistration number of 490072425), SLIV_25480 (having a NCBIregistration number of 490074187), and SLIV_36365 (having a NCBIregistration number of 490076385). Acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase can beSLIV_29290 (having a NCBI registration number of 511095400). Theacyl-coenzyme A hydratase can be SLIV_16510 (having a NCBI registrationnumber of 490072424), and SLIV_36115 (having a NCBI registration numberof 490076331).

In Streptomyces avermitilis, acyl-coenzyme A synthetase can beSAVERM_1258 (having a NCBI registration number of WP_010982696.1),SAVERM_1346 (having a NCBI registration number of WP_010982784.1),SAVERM_1603 (having a NCBI registration number of WP_010983042.1),SAVERM_2030 (having a NCBI registration number of WP_010983470.1),SAVERM_2279 (having a NCBI registration number of WP_010983718.1),SAVERM_377 (having a NCBI registration number of WP_010981813.1),SAVERM_3806 (having a NCBI registration number of WP_010985237.1),SAVERM_3864 (having a NCBI registration number of WP_010985295.1),SAVERM_5723 (having a NCBI registration number of WP_010987125.1),SAVERM_605 (having a NCBI registration number of WP_037651173.1), andSAVERM_6612 (having a NCBI registration number of WP_010988013.1).Acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase can be SAVERM_1381 (having a NCBIregistration number of WP_010982819.1), SAVERM_5280 (having a NCBIregistration number of WP_010986684.1), and SAVERM_6614 (having a NCBIregistration number of WP_010988015.1). Acyl-coenzyme A hydratase can beSAVERM_1245 (having a NCBI registration number of WP_037646088.1),SAVERM_1680 (having a NCBI registration number of WP_010983119.1),SAVERM_3863 (having a NCBI registration number of WP_010985294.1),SAVERM_6203 (having a NCBI registration number of WP_010987604.1),SAVERM_717 (having a NCBI registration number of WP_010982155.1), andSAVERM_7216 (having a NCBI registration number of WP_010988611.1).

In Streptomyces rimosus, the NCBI registration numbers of acyl-coenzymeA synthetase are WP_053803359.1, ELQ77730.1, WP_033034442.1, KOT44666.1,and WP_033033106.1, respectively. The NCBI registration numbers ofacyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase are WP_125057199.1, WP_033031914.1,WP_030661846.1, WP_030634872.1, and WP_030370993.1, respectively. TheNCBI registration numbers of acyl-coenzyme A hydratase areWP_030669923.1 and WP_125053679.1, respectively.

In Streptomyces bingchenggensis, acyl-coenzyme A synthetase can beSBI_00524 (having a NCBI registration number of WP_014173124.1),SBI_02958 (having a NCBI registration number of 503941562), SBI_03178(having a NCBI registration number of 1154238763), SBI_04546 (having aNCBI registration number of 1154238845), SBI_04871 (having a NCBIregistration number of 759782012), SBI_06310 (having a NCBI registrationnumber of 503944887), SBI_07635 (having a NCBI registration number of503946211), SBI_08381 (having a NCBI registration number of 503946955),SBI_08662 (having a NCBI registration number of 759784200), andSBI_09123 (having a NCBI registration number of 503947694).Acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase can be SBI_08383 (having a NCBIregistration number of 503946957) and SBI_09842 (having a NCBIregistration number of 759779066). Acyl-coenzyme A hydratase can beSBI_01088 (having a NCBI registration number of 503939694), SBI_01673(having a NCBI registration number of 503940279), SBI_01731 (having ahaving a NCBI registration number of 503940337), SBI_02642 (having aNCBI registration number of 503941246), and SBI_04870 (having a NCBIregistration number of 503943465).

In the present disclosure, it is also possible to promote β-oxidationpathway by expressing a protein having a corresponding function andhaving a homology of 70% or more, 80% or more, 85% or more, preferably95% or more and 99% or more with the above-mentioned acyl-coenzyme Asynthetase, acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase and acyl-coenzyme A hydratasein Streptomyces.

In some embodiments, the triacylglycerol decomposition can be enhancedby overexpressing endogenous esterase or expressing exogenous esterasein Streptomyces, thereby promoting the synthesis of polyketidecompounds. The esterase can be an intracellular or extracellularesterase (EC: 3.1.1.3) that catalyzes the degradation of intracellularor extracellular triacylglycerol to produce fatty acids. The esterasecan be selected from, for example, a Streptomyces coelicolor esteraseselected from SCO0713 (NP_625018.1), SCO1265 (NP_625552.1), SCO1735(NP_626008.1), SCO3219 (NP_627433.1), SCO4368 (NP_628538.1), SCO4746(NP_628904.1), SCO4799 (NP_628956.1), SCO6966 (NP_631032.1) and SCO7131(NP_631192.1); a Streptomyces bingchenggensis esterase selected fromSBI_00115 (WP_014172715.1), SBI_00631 (WP_014173231.1), SBI_01149(WP_014173749.1), SBI_01728 (WP_014174328.1); a Streptomyces avermitilisesterase selected from SAVERM_RS02860 (WP_010981907.1), SAVERM_RS04345(WP_010036168.1), SAVERM_RS04550 (WP_107083239.1) and SAVERM_RS23405(WP_010985956.1); a Streptomyces albus esterase selected fromSLNWT_RS18180 (WP_078845043.1), SLNWT_RS12910 (WP_040249758.1),SLNWT_RS12900 (WP_040249752.1); and a Bacillus subtilis esteraseselected from BSU_08350 (NP_388716.1), BSU_24510 (NP_390331.1) andBSU_21740 (NP_390057.1). The esterase may also be from other microbials,animals or plants. In the present disclosure, β-oxidation pathway can bepromoted by expressing a protein having an esterase activity and having70% or more, 80% or more, 85% or more, preferably 95% or more, 99% ormore homology with the above-mentioned esterase in Streptomyces.

As used to describe a polypeptide or a protein, the term “homology” asused herein means that at least 70%, usually about 75%-99%, and morepreferably at least about 98%-99% of the amino acids in two polypeptidesare identical when performing an optimal alignment (for example, BLASTwith default parameters for alignment is used).

It is known in the art that the coding sequence can be operably linkedto downstream of an inducible promoter to dynamically regulate theexpression of a certain gene by means of the inducible promoter, and aninducer can be added at a required time to dynamically turn on or turnoff the expression of this gene. An expression cassette containing thisinducible promoter and coding sequence can be integrated into the genomeor be present on an exogenous plasmid. In the present disclosure, theproduction of polyketide compounds (such as abamectin) is increased byturning on or enhancing the expression of genes related to the TAGdegradation pathway during the stationary phase. Inducible promoterscommonly used in various Streptomyces have been characterized in theart, such as those described in Horbal et al., 2014, Appl MicrobiolBiotechnol, 98:8641-8655 and Wang et al. 2016, ACS Synth Biol,5:765-773.

As used herein, all the terms “increase”, “promote/improve”, “enhance”,“activate” or “overexpress” generally refer to increase by astatistically significant amount. For the avoidance of doubt, the terms“increase”, “promote/improve”, “enhance”, “activate” or “overexpress”usually means an increase of at least 10% compared with strains withoutgenetic modification, for example, an increase of at least about 20%, orat least about 30%, or at least about 40%, or at least about 50%, or atleast about 60%, or at least about 70%, or at least about 80%, or atleast about 90%, or up to and including an increase of 100%, or anyincrease between 10%-100% compared with strains without geneticmodification; or at least about 2-fold, or at least about 3-fold, or atleast about 4-fold, or at least about 5-fold, or at least about 10-fold,or any increase between 2-fold to 10-fold compared with strains withoutgenetic modification.

Implementations of each aspect described herein can be illustrated bythe following numbered paragraphs:

1. A method for improving the production of a polyketide compound in aStreptomyces, comprising a step of strengthening a triacylglyceroldecomposition pathway in a Streptomyces, and preferably the Streptomycesduring a stationary phase.

2. The method of paragraph 1, wherein the triacylglycerol decompositionpathway is a β-oxidation pathway.

3. The method of paragraph 1 or 2, wherein the polyketide compound isselected from the group consisting of a type I polyketone compound, atype II polyketone compound, and a type III polyketone compound.

4. The method of paragraph 3, wherein the polyketide is selected fromthe group consisting of actinomycin, jadomycin, avermectin, milbemycin,oxytetracycline and nemadectin.

5. The method of any one of paragraphs 1-4, wherein a fatty acid moietyof the triacylglycerol is a fatty acid having a carbon number of 12-24.

6. The method of any one of paragraphs 1-5, wherein the Streptomyces isselected from the group consisting of a Streptomyces coelicolor, aStreptomyces albus, a Streptomyces venezuelae, Streptomyces lividans, aStreptomyces avermitilis, a Streptomyces rimosus, a Streptomyceshygroscopicus, a Streptomyces cyaneogriseus, and a Streptomycesbingchenggensis.

7. The method of any one of paragraphs 1-6, wherein the triacylglyceroldecomposition pathway is strengthened by enhancing an expression leveland/or activity of at least one enzyme in the Streptomyces thatcatalyzes an irreversible reaction of the β-oxidation pathway.

8. The method of paragraph 7, wherein the enzyme that catalyzes anirreversible reaction of the β-oxidation pathway is selected from thegroup consisting of an acyl-coenzyme A synthetase, an acyl-coenzyme Adehydrogenase, an acyl-coenzyme A hydratase, and any combinationthereof.

9. The method of paragraph 8, wherein the Streptomyces is a Streptomycescoelicolor, the acyl-coenzyme A synthetase is selected from the groupconsisting of SCO1330, SCO2131, SCO2444, SCO2561, SCO2720, SCO3436,SCO4006, SCO4503, SCO5983, SCO6196, SCO6552, SCO6790, SCO6968, SCO7244,SCO7329, SCO4383, and any combination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme Adehydrogenase is selected from the group consisting of SCO1690, SCO2774,SCO6787, and any combination thereof; and the acyl-coenzyme A hydrataseis selected from SCO4384 and/or SCO6732.

10. The method of paragraph 8, wherein the Streptomyces is aStreptomyces albus, the acyl coenzyme A synthetase is selected from thegroup consisting of SLNWT_0050, SLNWT_0304, SLNWT_0327, SLNWT_0598,SLNWT_0621, SLNWT_3453, SLNWT_4291, SLNWT_6199, SLNWT_6951, and anycombination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is SLNWT_4686;and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase is selected from the group consistingof SLNWT_0723, SLNWT_0850, SLNWT_4292, SLNWT_6769, SLNWT_6771, and anycombination thereof.

11. The method of paragraph 8, wherein the Streptomyces is aStreptomyces venezuelae, the acyl-coenzyme A synthetase is selected fromthe group consisting of SVEN_0294, SVEN_0876, SVEN_2231, SVEN_3097,SVEN_4199, SVEN_6078, SVEN_6188, SVEN_6773, SVEN_6774, SVEN_7224, andany combination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is selectedfrom SVEN_0520 and/or SVEN_1293; and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase isselected from the group consisting of SVEN_0030, SVEN_0204, SVEN_0279,SVEN_1657, SVEN_4200, SVEN_5574, SVEN_5576, SVEN_6413, and anycombination thereof.

12. The method of paragraph 8, wherein the Streptomyces is aStreptomyces lividans, the acyl-coenzyme A synthetase is selected fromthe group consisting of SLIV_03075, SLIV_04410, SLIV_07155, SLIV_16515,SLIV_25480, SLIV_36365, and any combination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme Adehydrogenase is SLIV_29290; and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase isselected from SLIV_16510 and/or SLIV_36115.

13. The method of paragraph 8, wherein the Streptomyces is aStreptomyces avermitilis, the acyl-coenzyme A synthetase is selectedfrom the group consisting of SAVERM_1258, SAVERM_1346, SAVERM_1603,SAVERM_2030, SAVERM_2279, SAVERM_377, SAVERM_3806, SAVERM_3864,SAVERM_5723, SAVERM_605 and SAVERM_6612; the acyl-coenzyme Adehydrogenase is selected from the group consisting of SAVERM_1381,SAVERM_5280, SAVERM_6614, and any combination thereof; and theacyl-coenzyme A hydratase is selected from SAVERM_1245, SAVERM_1680,SAVERM_3863, SAVERM_6203, SAVERM_717 and/or SAVERM_7216.

14. The method of paragraph 8, wherein the Streptomyces is aStreptomyces rimosus, the acyl-coenzyme A synthetase is selected fromthe group consisting of an acyl-coenzyme A synthetase having a NCBIregistration number of WP_053803359.1, ELQ77730.1, WP_033034442.1,KOT44666.1, WP_033033106.1, and any combination thereof; theacyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is selected from the group consisting ofan acyl-coenzyme A synthetase having a NCBI registration number ofWP_125057199.1, WP_033031914.1, WP_030661846.1, WP_030634872.1,WP_030370993.1, and any combination thereof; and the acyl-coenzyme Ahydratase is selected from an acyl-coenzyme A hydratase having a NCBIregistration number of WP_030669923.1 and/or WP_125053679.1.

15. The method of paragraph 8, wherein the Streptomyces is aStreptomyces bingchenggensis, the acyl-coenzyme A synthetase is selectedfrom the group consisting of SBI_00524, SBI_02958, SBI_03178, SBI_04546,SBI_04871, SBI_06310, SBI_07635, SBI_08381, SBI_08662, SBI_09123, andany combination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is selectedfrom SBI_08383 and/or SBI_09842; and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase isselected from the group consisting of SBI_01088, SBI_01673, SBI_01731,SBI_02642, SBI_04870, and any combination thereof.

16. The method of paragraph 6, wherein the triacylglycerol decompositionpathway is strengthened by enhancing an expression level and/or activityof an esterase in the Streptomyces.

17. The method of paragraph 16, wherein the esterase is selected fromthe group consisting of the following proteins: a Streptomycescoelicolor esterase selected from SCO0713 (NP_625018.1), SCO1265(NP_625552.1), SCO1735 (NP_626008.1), SCO3219 (NP_627433.1), SCO4368(NP_628538.1), SCO4746 (NP_628904.1), SCO4799 (NP_628956.1), SCO6966(NP_631032.1) and SCO7131 (NP_631192.1); a Streptomyces bingchenggensisesterase selected from SBI_00115 (WP_014172715.1), SBI_00631(WP_014173231.1), SBI_01149 (WP_014173749.1) and SBI_01728(WP_014174328.1); a Streptomyces avermitilis esterase selected fromSAVERM_RS02860 (WP_010981907.1), SAVERM_RS04345 (WP_010036168.1),SAVERM_RS04550 (WP_107083239.1), and SAVERM_RS23405(WP_010985956.1); aStreptomyces albus esterase selected from SLNWT_RS18180(WP_078845043.1), SLNWT_RS12910 (WP_040249758.1) and SLNWT_RS12900(WP_040249752.1); and a Bacillus subtilis esterase selected fromBSU_08350 (NP_388716.1), BSU_24510 (NP_390331.1) and BSU_21740(NP_390057.1).

18. The method of any one of paragraphs 8-17, wherein the enzyme isoperably linked to downstream of an inducible promoter and inducedduring the stationary phase.

19. The method of any one of paragraphs 1-18, wherein thetriacylglycerol decomposition pathway in the Streptomyces isstrengthened during the stationary phase by inhibiting a carbonmetabolism flow from an acetyl-coenzyme A to a tricarboxylic acid cycle.

20. The method of any one of paragraphs 1-19, further comprisingincreasing a NADH/NAD+ ratio in the Streptomyces.

21. The method of paragraph 20, wherein the NADH/NAD⁺ ratio is increasedby adding NADH and/or ATP to a medium.

22. A method for switching a primary metabolism to a secondarymetabolism in a Streptomyces, comprising strengthening a triacylglyceroldecomposition pathway in the Streptomyces.

23. The method of paragraph 22, wherein the triacylglyceroldecomposition pathway is a β-oxidation pathway.

24. The method of paragraph 22 or 23, wherein a fatty acid moiety of thetriacylglycerol is a fatty acid having a carbon number of 12-24.

25. The method of any one of paragraphs 22-24, wherein the Streptomycesis selected from the group consisting of a Streptomyces coelicolor, aStreptomyces albus, a Streptomyces venezuelae, a Streptomyces lividans,a Streptomyces avermitilis, a Streptomyces rimosus, Streptomyceshygroscopicus, a Streptomyces cyaneogriseus, and a Streptomycesbingchenggensis.

26. The method of any one of paragraphs 22-25, wherein thetriacylglycerol decomposition pathway is strengthened by enhancing anexpression level and/or activity of at least one enzyme in theStreptomyces that catalyzes an irreversible reaction of the β-oxidationpathway.

27. The method of paragraph 26, wherein the enzyme that catalyzes anirreversible reaction of the β-oxidation pathway is selected from thegroup consisting of an acyl-coenzyme A synthetase, an acyl-coenzyme Adehydrogenase, and an acyl-coenzyme A hydratase.

28. The method of paragraph 27, wherein the Streptomyces is aStreptomyces coelicolor, the acyl-coenzyme A synthetase is selected fromthe group consisting of SCO1330, SCO2131, SCO2444, SCO2561, SCO2720,SCO3436, SCO4006, SCO4503, SCO5983, SCO6196, SCO6552, SCO6790, SCO6968,SCO7244, SCO7329, SCO4383, and any combination thereof; theacyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is selected from the group consisting ofSCO1690, SCO2774, SCO6787, and any combination thereof; and theacyl-coenzyme A hydratase is selected from SCO4384 and/or SCO6732.

29. The method of paragraph 27, wherein the Streptomyces is aStreptomyces albus, the acyl-coenzyme A synthetase is selected from thegroup consisting of SLNWT_0050, SLNWT_0304, SLNWT_0327, SLNWT_0598,SLNWT_0621, SLNWT_3453, SLNWT_4291, SLNWT_6199, SLNWT_6951, and anycombination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is SLNWT_4686;and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase is selected from the group consistingof SLNWT_0723, SLNWT_0850, SLNWT_4292, SLNWT_6769, SLNWT_6771, and anycombination thereof.

30. The method of paragraph 27, wherein the Streptomyces is aStreptomyces venezuelae, the acyl-coenzyme A synthetase is selected fromthe group consisting of SVEN_0294, SVEN_0876, SVEN_2231, SVEN_3097,SVEN_4199, SVEN_6078, SVEN_6188, SVEN_6773, SVEN_6774, SVEN_7224, andany combination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is selectedfrom SVEN_0520 and/or SVEN_1293; and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase isselected from the group consisting of SVEN_0030, SVEN_0204, SVEN_0279,SVEN_1657, SVEN_4200, SVEN_5574, SVEN_5576, SVEN_6413, and anycombination thereof.

31. The method of paragraph 27, wherein the Streptomyces is aStreptomyces lividans, the acyl-coenzyme A synthetase is selected fromthe group consisting of SLIV_03075, SLIV_04410, SLIV_07155, SLIV_16515,SLIV_25480, SLIV_36365, and any combination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme Adehydrogenase is SLIV_29290; and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase isselected from SLIV_16510 and/or SLIV_36115.

32. The method of paragraph 27, wherein the Streptomyces is aStreptomyces avermitilis, the acyl-coenzyme A synthetase is selectedfrom the group consisting of SAVERM_1258, SAVERM_1346, SAVERM_1603,SAVERM_2030, SAVERM_2279, SAVERM_377, SAVERM_3806, SAVERM_3864,SAVERM_5723, SAVERM_605 and SAVERM_6612; the acyl-coenzyme Adehydrogenase is selected from the group consisting of SAVERM_1381,SAVERM_5280, SAVERM_6614, and any combination thereof; and theacyl-coenzyme A hydratase is selected from SAVERM_1245, SAVERM_1680,SAVERM_3863, SAVERM_6203, SAVERM_717 and/or SAVERM_7216.

33. The method of paragraph 27, wherein the Streptomyces is Streptomycesrimosus, the acyl-coenzyme A synthetase is selected from the groupconsisting of an acyl-coenzyme A synthetase having a NCBI registrationnumber of WP_053803359.1, ELQ77730.1, WP_033034442.1, KOT44666.1,WP_033033106.1, and any combination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme Adehydrogenase is selected from the group consisting of an acyl coenzymeA synthetase having a NCBI registration number of WP_125057199.1,WP_033031914.1, WP_030661846.1, WP_030634872.1, WP_030370993.1, and anycombination thereof; and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase is selected froman acyl-coenzyme A hydratase having a NCBI registration number ofWP_030669923.1 and/or WP_125053679.1.

34. The method of paragraph 27, wherein the Streptomyces is aStreptomyces bingchenggensis, the acyl-coenzyme A synthetase is selectedfrom the group consisting of SBI_00524, SBI_02958, SBI_03178, SBI_04546,SBI_04871, SBI_06310, SBI_07635, SBI_08381, SBI_08662, SBI_09123, andany combination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is selectedfrom SBI_08383 and/or SBI_09842; and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase isselected from the group consisting of SBI_01088, SBI_01673, SBI_01731,SBI_02642, SBI_04870, and any combination thereof.

35. The method of paragraphs 22-25, wherein the triacylglyceroldecomposition pathway is strengthened by enhancing an expression leveland/or activity of an esterase in the Streptomyces.

36. The method of paragraph 35, wherein the esterase is selected fromthe group consisting of the following proteins: a Streptomycescoelicolor esterase selected from SCO0713 (NP_625018.1), SCO1265(NP_625552.1), SCO1735 (NP_626008.1), SCO3219 (NP_627433.1), SCO4368(NP_628538.1), SCO4746 (NP_628904.1), SCO4799 (NP_628956.1), SCO6966(NP_631032.1) and SCO7131 (NP_631192.1); a Streptomyces bingchenggensisesterase selected from SBI_00115 (WP_014172715.1), SBI_00631(WP_014173231.1), SBI_01149 (WP_014173749.1) and SBI_01728(WP_014174328.1); a Streptomyces avermitilis esterase selected fromSAVERM_RS02860 (WP_010981907.1), SAVERM_RS04345 (WP_010036168.1),SAVERM_RS04550 (WP_107083239.1), and SAVERM_RS23405(WP_010985956.1); aStreptomyces albus esterase selected from SLNWT_RS18180(WP_078845043.1), SLNWT_RS12910 (WP_040249758.1) and SLNWT_RS12900(WP_040249752.1); and a Bacillus subtilis esterase selected fromBSU_08350 (NP_388716.1), BSU_24510 (NP_390331.1) and BSU_21740(NP_390057.1).

37. The method of any one of paragraphs 27-36, wherein the enzyme isoperably linked to downstream of an inducible promoter, and switchingfrom a primary metabolism to a secondary metabolism is achieved byinducing expression.

38. A Streptomyces for producing a polyketide compound by fermentation,wherein an expression level and/or activity of at least one enzyme inthe Streptomyces that catalyzes an irreversible reaction of aβ-oxidation pathway is enhanced compared with an original strain.

39. The Streptomyces of paragraph 38, wherein at least one enzyme thatcatalyzes an irreversible reaction of the β-oxidation pathway isprovided downstream of an inducible promoter.

40. The Streptomyces of paragraph 39, wherein the enzyme that catalyzesan irreversible reaction of the β-oxidation pathway is selected from thegroup consisting of an acyl-coenzyme A synthetase, an acyl-coenzyme Adehydrogenase, and an acyl-coenzyme A hydratase.

41. The Streptomyces of paragraph 40, wherein the Streptomyces is aStreptomyces coelicolor, and the acyl-coenzyme A synthetase is selectedfrom the group consisting of SCO1330, SCO2131, SCO2444, SCO2561,SCO2720, SCO3436, SCO4006, SCO4503, SCO5983, SCO6196, SCO6552, SCO6790,SCO6968, SCO7244, SCO7329, SCO4383, and any combination thereof; theacyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is selected from the group consisting ofSCO1690, SCO2774, SCO6787, and any combination thereof; and theacyl-coenzyme A hydratase is selected from SCO4384 and/or SCO6732.

42. The Streptomyces of paragraph 40, wherein the Streptomyces is aStreptomyces albus, the acyl-coenzyme A synthetase is selected from thegroup consisting of SLNWT_0050, SLNWT_0304, SLNWT_0327, SLNWT_0598,SLNWT_0621, SLNWT_3453, SLNWT_4291, SLNWT_6199, SLNWT_6951, and anycombination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is SLNWT_4686;and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase is selected from the group consistingof SLNWT_0723, SLNWT_0850, SLNWT_4292, SLNWT_6769, SLNWT_6771, and anycombination thereof.

43. The Streptomyces of paragraph 40, wherein the Streptomyces is aStreptomyces venezuelae, the acyl-coenzyme A synthetase is selected fromthe group consisting of SVEN_0294, SVEN_0876, SVEN_2231, SVEN_3097,SVEN_4199, SVEN_6078, SVEN_6188, SVEN_6773, SVEN_6774, SVEN_7224, andany combination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is selectedfrom SVEN_0520 and/or SVEN_1293; and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase isselected from the group consisting of SVEN_0030, SVEN_0204, SVEN_0279,SVEN_1657, SVEN_4200, SVEN_5574, SVEN_5576, SVEN_6413, and anycombination thereof.

44. The Streptomyces of paragraph 40, wherein the Streptomyces is aStreptomyces lividans, and the acyl-coenzyme A synthetase is selectedfrom the group consisting of SLIV_03075, SLIV_04410, SLIV_07155,SLIV_16515, SLIV_25480, SLIV_36365, and any combination thereof; theacyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is SLIV_29290; and the acyl-coenzyme Ahydratase is selected from SLIV_16510 and/or SLIV_36115.

45. The Streptomyces of paragraph 40, wherein the Streptomyces is aStreptomyces avermitilis, and the acyl-coenzyme A synthetase is selectedfrom the group consisting of SAVERM_1258, SAVERM_1346, SAVERM_1603,SAVERM_2030, SAVERM_2279, SAVERM_377, SAVERM_3806, SAVERM_3864,SAVERM_5723, SAVERM_605 and SAVERM_6612; the acyl-coenzyme Adehydrogenase is selected from the group consisting of SAVERM_1381,SAVERM_5280, SAVERM_6614, and any combination thereof; and theacyl-coenzyme A hydratase is selected from SAVERM_1245, SAVERM_1680,SAVERM_3863, SAVERM_6203, SAVERM_717 and/or SAVERM_7216.

46. The Streptomyces of paragraph 40, wherein the Streptomyces is aStreptomyces rimosus, and the acyl-coenzyme A synthetase is selectedfrom the group consisting of an acyl-coenzyme A synthetase having a NCBIregistration number of WP_053803359.1, ELQ77730.1, WP_033034442.1,KOT44666.1, WP_033033106.1, and any combination thereof; theacyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is selected from the group consisting ofan acyl-coenzyme A synthetase having a NCBI registration number ofWP_125057199.1, WP_033031914.1, WP_030661846.1, WP_030634872.1,WP_030370993.1, and any combination thereof; and the acyl-coenzyme Ahydratase is selected from an acyl-coenzyme A hydratase having a NCBIregistration number of WP_030669923.1 and/or WP_125053679.1.

47. The Streptomyces of paragraph 40, wherein the Streptomyces is aStreptomyces bingchenggensis, and the acyl-coenzyme A synthetase isselected from the group consisting of SBI_00524, SBI_02958, SBI_03178,SBI_04546, SBI_04871, SBI_06310, SBI_07635, SBI_08381, SBI_08662,SBI_09123, and any combination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme Adehydrogenase is selected from SBI_08383 and/or SBI_09842; and theacyl-coenzyme A hydratase is selected from the group consisting ofSBI_01088, SBI_01673, SBI_01731, SBI_02642, SBI_04870, and anycombination thereof.

48. The Streptomyces of any one of paragraphs 38-47, wherein thepolyketide compound is selected from the group consisting of a type Ipolyketone compound, a type II polyketone compound, and a type IIIpolyketone compound.

49. The Streptomyces of paragraph 48, wherein the polyketide is selectedfrom the group consisting of actinomycin, jadomycin, avermectin,milbemycin, oxytetracycline and nemadectin.

50. The Streptomyces of any one of paragraphs 38-49, wherein a fattyacid moiety of the triacylglycerol is a fatty acid having a carbonnumber of 12-24.

51. The Streptomyces of any one of paragraphs 38-50, wherein theStreptomyces is selected from the group consisting of a Streptomycescoelicolor, a Streptomyces albus, a Streptomyces venezuelae, aStreptomyces lividans, a Streptomyces avermitilis, a Streptomycesrimosus, a Streptomyces hygroscopicus, a Streptomyces cyaneogriseus, anda Streptomyces bingchenggensis.

52. Use of the Streptomyces of any one of paragraphs 38-51 in theproduction of a polyketide compound by fermentation.

Embodiments

Streptomyces coelicolor M145 used in the embodiments are purchased fromATCC (ATCC BAA-471). HY01 is preserved in the Institute of Microbiology,Chinese Academy of Sciences. Streptomyces venezuelae ISP5230 ispurchased from ATCC (ATCC 10712). Streptomyces avermitilis A56 is asdescribed in the following documents: Zhuo, Y. etc., Reverse biologicalengineering of hrdB to enhance the production of avermectins in anindustrial strain of Streptomyces avermitilis. Proc Natl Acad Sci 107,11250, USA (2010); and J. et al., Interrogation of Streptomycesavermitilis for efficient production of avermectins. Synth SystBiotechnol 1, 7-16 (2016). Streptomyces rimosus M4018 and itshigh-yielding engineered strain M2R (i.e., strain M4018::2SFotrR) arefrom the following document: Yin, S., etc., Identification of acluster-situated activator of oxytetracycline biosynthesis andmanagement of its expression for improved oxytetracycline production inStreptomyces rimosus. Microb Cell Fact 14, 46 (2015). Unless otherwisespecified, the reagents used in the present disclosure are purchasedfrom Aladdin or Sigma. For media and buffers used in the experiments,please refer to appendix 2 of the second volume of “Molecular Cloning: ALaboratory Manual” (Third edition, Science Press, 2002). For thecultivation and molecular manipulation of Streptomyces, please refer to“Practical Streptomyces Genetics” (John⋅Innice Foundation, Norwich, U K,2000).

Studies have shown that when Streptomyces are cultured on a solidmedium, mycelia begin to die during a late stationary phase and releasenutrients for secondary metabolite and morphological differentiation(Rigali, S., etc., EMBO reports 9, 670-675 (2008)). However, thisphenomenon is not observed in Streptomyces cultured in liquid medium(van Dissel, D. et al., Adv Appl Microbiol 89, 1-45 (2014)). Inaddition, previous studies have shown that in a variety of liquid media,the intracellular concentration of many metabolites (such asintermediates of central carbon metabolic intermediates) involved inprimary metabolism during the stationary phase, the regulatory levels ofthe corresponding genes, and activity of the enzymes that regulate thesepathways decrease significantly (Nieselt, K., etc., BMC Genomics 11, 10(2010); Wentzel, A., etc., Metabolites 2, 178-194 (2012); Jankevics, A.,etc., PROTEOMICS 11, 4622-4631 (2011); Huang, J., etc., Genes Dev 15,3183-3192 (2001); D'Huys, P J, etc., J Biotechnol 161, 1-13 (2012)).Theoretically, primary metabolic pathway should provide energy andmaterial sources for the secondary metabolic pathway includingbiosynthesis of polyketide compounds. In fact, however, the primarymetabolic pathway is nearly closed during the stationary phase (FIG. 1 a). In this regard, the critical junction between primary metabolism andbiosynthesis of polyketide compounds remains unknown. Due to the factthat materials and energies of the secondary metabolic process duringthe stationary phase are not from primary metabolic pathway, theinventors hypothesize that there may be some intracellular metabolitepool connecting the primary and secondary metabolism of Streptomyces.This metabolite pool provides precursors and energy sources for thebiosynthesis of polyketide compounds. A model engineered strainStreptomyces coelicolor as an experimental object is used, andsystematically study its time-course comparative metabolome andtranscriptome, so as to reveal the key metabolic switch that dynamicallycontrols the growth phase. By comparing the metabolome of wild-strainM145 with actinomycin high-yielding strain HY01, it is found thatintracellular triacylglycerol (TAG) is a major intracellular carbonsource in the biosynthetic pathway of polyketide compounds during thestationary phase. TAG is accumulated during primary metabolism and isconsumed during polyketide synthesis. Dynamic regulation ofaccumulation/decomposition of TAG compounds acts as a switch in theprocess of switching from primary metabolism to biosynthesis ofpolyketide compounds. Our research also shows that the main mechanismfor the closure of primary metabolism during the stationary phase isthat TAG decomposition increases the NADH/NAD⁺ ratio, thereby inhibitingthe enzymes in the TCA cycle, so that the metabolic flux entering theTCA cycle via acetyl-coenzyme A is reduced. These results indicate thatthe TAG pool is not only a main intracellular carbon source in secondarymetabolism, but also a regulator of the carbon metabolic flux in thebiosynthetic pathway of polyketide compounds. Therefore, it is proposedthat the production of polyketide compounds can be increased by timingregulation of TAG decomposition (e.g., enhancing TAG decomposition byinducing acyl-coenzyme A synthase during secondary metabolism).

TAG pool is an intracellular carbon source during secondary metabolism:The batch fermentation of Streptomyces coelicolor wild-strain M145 andActinopurin (Act) high-yielding strain HY01 show the following trends:Act is synthesized when the growth slows down, phosphorus source islimited, and glucose is about to be depleted. Compared with M145, HY01can consume less glucose and synthesize more Act (FIG. 1 b ). In orderto study the specific mechanism of this difference, we conduct atime-course comparative analysis of the metabolome of HY01 and M145. Theculture medium is collected, and the cells are enriched at six differenttime points (20 h, 36 h, 48 h, 60 h, 72 h and 96 h) during the lagphase, the exponential phase and the stationary phase of liquid cultureof HY01 and M145, and intracellular metabolites of the cells areanalyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) method. A totalof 776 metabolites with unique retention time are found in all samples.Comparing these metabolites with the National Institute of Standards andTechnology (NIST 8.0) Mass Spectrometry Library and Fiehn MetabolismLibrary (Smart, K F, etc., Nat. protoc. 5, 1709-1729 (2010)). A total of143 metabolites are identified (Table 1), which is involved almost allpathways related to primary metabolism (FIG. 1 c ). For M145, thesemetabolites show different trends over time: the metabolites related toprimary metabolic pathways, including glycolysis (EMP), pentosephosphate pathway (PPP), tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA) and amino acidmetabolism (AAM), accumulate during the exponential phase (12-36 h),then decrease rapidly (36-72 h) and remain relatively constantthroughout the stationary phase (72-96 h). However, the maximumconcentration of the lipid metabolism pathway (LPM) appears at 48h,which is significantly later than other primary metabolites (36 h), anddeclines continuously during the late stationary phase (FIG. 1 d ). Thetime-course comparative metabolome analysis of HY01 shows a similartrend. Based on these results, it is hypothesized that the LPM pathwayrelated to free fatty acids (FFA) and monoacylglycerols (MAG) may be thekey to switching from primary metabolism to polyketide synthesis.

HA and MAG are the intermediates of cell lipid metabolism inStreptomyces, which mainly comprise phospholipids (PL) andtriacylglycerols (TAG) (Olukoshi, E. R. & Packter, N. M., Microbiology140 (Pt 4), 931-943 (1994)); Shim, M.-s., etc., Biotechnology Letters19, 221-224 (1997)). As PL and TAG cannot be detected using GC-MS,thin-layer chromatography (TLC) is used to determine the amount of FFAand MAG at 20 h, 36 h, 48 h, 60 h, 72 h and 96 h of fermentation, so asto analyze the dynamic characteristics of PL and TAG As shown in FIG. 1e , TAG and PL gradually accumulate up to 48 h. Thereafter, the amountof PL remains relatively constant, whereas the amount of TAG decreasessignificantly. Further analysis of the fatty acid moieties obtained fromTAG decomposition using GC-MS shows that for the 15 analyzed fatty acidmoieties (FIG. 1 f ), the time-course change characteristics are thesame as those of the TAG time-course change characteristics measured byTLC: decreasing continuously during the stationary phase (FIG. 1 e ).Compared with M145, more TAG is decomposed in HY01. Meanwhile, thestable level of other triacylglycerol metabolism intermediates, such asglycerol, 3-phosphoglycerate, dihydroxyacetone phosphate and glycerol3-phosphate in HY01, is higher than that of M145. These data indicatethat TAG pool may serve as an intracellular carbon pool, providingprecursors when Act biosynthesis is significantly enhanced during thestationary phase, and external carbon source is insufficient.

Furthermore, changes in TAG pool during the stationary phase (48-96h) ofM145 and HY01 strains are analyzed, and the fatty acid moieties obtainedby TAG decomposition is quantitatively analyzed by GC-MS. The resultsshow that the consumption of TAG pool in HY01 is significantly higherthan the consumption of TAG pool in M145 (FIG. 2 a ). Supervised partialleast squares discrimination analysis (PLS-DA) is performed on data of776 intracellular metabolites obtained by GC-MS analysis, two coenzyme Aprecursors (acetyl-coenzyme A and malonyl-coenzyme A), fatty acidmoieties of 16 TAGs, and contents of Act and glucose. The results showthat during the whole stationary phase (60-96h), data of M145 and HY01are divided into different clusters, indicating that concentrations ofsome metabolites vary greatly between the two strains, which may be themain reason for the difference in Act. The variable importance ofprojection (VIP) scores of each metabolite are ranked, which reflectsthe importance of the metabolite to Act production. The results showthat among the 16 fatty acid fractions analyzed, 13 have majorcontributions to Act production (VIP score>1.5, 55 metabolites intotal). Five of the ten metabolites that contribute the most to the Actproduction during the stationary phase are TAG fatty acid moieties. Inview of the two strains, greatest difference in Act production appearsduring the late stationary phase (72-96h) (FIG. 1 b ), and the VIPscores during the late stationary phase (72-96h) are again ranked. Asshown in FIG. 2 b , the top ten ranked metabolites are all fatty acidmoieties of TAG, except for two fatty acid metabolic precursors(acetyl-coenzyme A and malonyl-coenzyme A). In addition, the VIP scoresof the fatty acid moieties of TAG during the stationary phase increaseover time, indicating that the TAG pool has an increased influence onAct production during the stationary phase (especially during the latestationary phase). It can be seen that the TAG pool is the mostimportant intracellular carbon source when the external carbon source isdepleted and Act is produced.

The dynamic change trend of TAG pool is common in Streptomyces bacteria:Based on the glucose consumption, Act synthesis and time-course changeof TAG pool of M145 in a closed culture system, it can be found that theamount of TAG pool inside the bacteria shows an upward trend during theprimary metabolism phase and a downward trend during the Act synthesisphase (FIG. 2 c ). Based on the time-course metabolomics data of M145,metabolites that are closely related to glucose consumption during theprimary metabolism phase (20-48h) and metabolites that are closelyrelated to Act production during the late stationary phase (72-96h)(characterized by the correlation with the change trend of Actconcentration) are identified, so as to study the dynamic relationshipof TAG and carbon input (glucose consumption) and output (production ofpolyketide compounds), the compounds closely related to the generationof Act are identified. As shown in FIG. 2 d , 11 of the 20 metabolitesthat are closely and negatively correlated with extracellular glucosecontents (i.e., positively correlated with glucose consumption) duringthe primary metabolism phase (20-48h) are TAG fatty acid moieties(r²>0.8, p value<0.001), indicating that the consumption of glucoseduring the primary metabolism phase leads to the accumulation of TAGDuring the late stationary phase (when external glucose is depleted),the 35 metabolites closely related to Act production contain almost allTAG fatty acid moieties (14 of the 15 TAG fatty acid moieties) (r²>0.8,p value<0.001) (FIG. 2 d ), indicating that the contribution of TAGpools to Act production is much greater than other metabolites.Time-course metabolome analysis of HY01 has also obtained similarresults: fatty acid moieties of all TAGs accumulate during the primarymetabolism phase, and decreases in the polyketide synthesis phase. Inparticular, 13 of the 18 compounds that contribute the most to Act theproduction during the stationary phase are TAG fatty acid moieties. Thisindicates that TAG pool plays an important role in the switching fromprimary metabolism to synthesis polyketide compounds.

The expression of genes related to TAG metabolism is analyzed (see Li etal., 2015, SciRep, 5:15840 for analysis method) by profiling thetime-course transcriptome of M145 in the same culture condition (GeneExpression Omnibus (GEO) no. GSE53562). As shown in FIGS. 2 e-2 f ,transcription of genes for TAG biosynthesis is upregulated during theprimary metabolism phase, and then is downregulated. During thepolyketide production phase, genes of β-oxidation pathway related to TAGdecomposition is upregulated, which is also consistent with TAGmetabolic profile (FIG. 1 e ). Analysis of transcriptome data (data ofGSE2983 (M145) in R5 medium, data of GSE18489 (M145) in fermentationmedium, and data of GSE30570 (M145) and GSE30569 (glnK mutant of M145)in SSBM-E medium) (Li, S., et al., Sci. Rep. 5, 15840, 2015) underdifferent culture conditions in the previous studies show that thetrends of the transcription profile of these genes are similar. Inaddition, time-course changes of TAG pool in different industrialstrains of Streptomyces avermitilis A56 (Zhuo et al., 2009, PNAS, 107:11250-11254), Streptomyces bingchenggensis BC0410 (Zhang et al., 2016,Microb Cell Fact, 15: 152) and Streptomyces rimosus (Yin et al., 2015,Microb Cell Fact, 14: 46) are analyzed, the results indicate that TAGpools show similar metabolic trends, that is, TAG is accumulated duringthe primary metabolism phase and TAG degraded during the secondarymetabolism stage (FIG. 2 c ). All these results indicate that thedynamic trends of TAG pool are common in Streptomyces bacteria.

TAG Degradation Affects Metabolic Flux of Strains

As mentioned above, there is a great difference in Act productionbetween M145 and HY01 during the stationary phase, which is mainly dueto the fact that more TAG is degraded during the stationary phase ofHY01. In order to further confirm this point, the source of carbon atomsin Act during the stationary phase is traced by using stable isotope(¹³C) labeling. Experiments of fully labeled oleic acid ([U-¹³C]-oleicacid) and fully labeled glucose ([U-¹³C]-glucose) show that both TAGpool and glucose contribute significantly to Act synthesis. In addition,TAG degradation pathway is found more active in high-yielding Actstrains (FIGS. 3 a-b ). In [U-¹³C]-oleic acid labeling experiment and([U-¹³C]-glucose) labeling experiment, we find that, in addition toα-ketoglutarate, both the concentrations of labeled and unlabeled TCAintermediate metabolites in HY01 are lower than that of thecorresponding intermediate metabolites in M145 under two conditions,indicating that the activity of α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase in thecitric acid cycle (TCA) may be inhibited. Previous study (Vemuri et al.,PNAS, 2007, 104: 2402-2407) shows that high concentrations of reducingpower (NADH) and ATP can inhibit the activities of citrate synthase,isocitrate dehydrogenase and α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase. Ourexperimental data show that the intracellular reducing power level(NADH/NAD⁺) and ATP are significantly higher than that in high-yieldingstrain HY01 in M145 (FIGS. 3 c-e ). In vitro experiments, the activityof citrate synthase, isocitrate dehydrogenase and α-ketoglutaratedehydrogenase in cell homogenates with or without adding exogenous NADHand/or ATP are shown in FIGS. 3 f-h . The activities of the threeenzymes are reduced by 63.7%, 71.3% and 57.5% respectively under thesynergistic effect of NADH and ATP (FIGS. 3 f-h ). Based on the abovedata, it is hypothesized that TAG decomposition (via β-oxidation)produces more reducing equivalents (NADH and FADH), resulting inchanging in the distribution of HY01 metabolic carbon flux, so that thecarbon flux toward TCA cycle is decreased, and the carbon flux towardAct biosynthetic pathway is increased. In order to verify thishypothesis, carbon metabolic flux analysis (MFA) during the Actstationary phase is conducted by using flux-balance analysis andmetabolic network model (Borodina, I., etc., Genome-scale analysis ofStreptomyces coelicolor A3 (2) metabolism. Genome Res 15,820-829(2005))of Streptomyces coelicolor. The results show that the carbon flux of TAGdegradation pathway and Act biosynthesis pathway in the high-yieldingstrain HY01 is significantly higher than that in M145, and the carbonflux from acetyl-coenzyme A to TCA cycle is significantly lower thanthat in M4 (FIG. 3 i ). These results indicate that the intracellularTAG pool not only provides a precursor for the synthesis of polyketidecompounds during the stationary phase, but also acts as a regulator toregulate the redistribution of carbon metabolic flux during thestationary phase to ensure efficient synthesis of polyketide compounds.

Identification of Key Genes Affecting TAG Pool Degradation

It is observed that about 6-85% of different TAG fatty acid moietiesstill exist in M145 at the end of the fermentation. As mentioned above,due to the fact that TAG pool provides carbon sources for the generationof secondary metabolites during the stationary phase and regulates themetabolic pathway, it is hypothesized that that regulating TAGdecomposition at a specific time during the stationary phase canincrease the production of polyketide compounds. To verify this, it isenvisaged that acyl-coenzyme A synthetase can be manipulated to carryout the timing regulation of TAG decomposition in M145 (FIG. 4 a ). Itis known that the substrate specificities of acyl-coenzyme A synthetasesof Escherichia coli (FadD) and Bacillus subtilis (LcfA and YhfL) are themost extensive (Kameda, K. & Nunn, Journal of Biological Chemistry 256,5702-5707, 1981); Matsuoka, H. et al., J Biol Chem 282, 5180-5194,2007). With FadD, LcfA and YhfL as targets, the genomes of 125 fullysequenced Streptomyces strains are searched, among which, homologousproteins of 888 acyl-coenzyme A synthases are compared pairwise andclustered by using Needman-Winsch algorithm (Rice, P., etc., EMBOSS: TheEuropean Molecular Biology Open Software Suite. Trends Genet 16,276-277(2000)), and five different types of acyl-coenzyme A synthases inStreptomyces coelicolor are screened (FIG. 4 b ), and five differenttypes of acyl-coenzyme A synthases in Streptomyces coelicolor arescreened by pairwise comparison and cluster analysis using Nidman-Warmglobal comparison algorithm (SCO7244 (GI: 2122521), SCO6968 (GI:21225255), SCO6196 (GI: 21224520), SCO4383 (GI: 8897733) and SCO2444(GI: 21220908)) (FIG. 4 b ). The transcription levels of these fivegenes during the stationary phase are analyzed by fluorescencequantitative PCR, and the results show that sco6196 has the highesttranscription abundance of (FIG. 4 c ). Time-course transcriptions ofthis gene in M145 and HY01 are also analyzed by fluorescencequantitative PCR, and the results show that the transcription level ofthis gene in HY01 is significantly higher than its transcription levelin M145 during the stationary phase (FIG. 4 d ). Furthermore,overexpression and knockout are used to verify the effect of this geneon Act biosynthesis. The results show that the Act production in sco6196deletion mutant (6196DM) is significantly reduced, while the Actproduction in sco6196 overexpression strain (61960E) is significantlyincreased (FIG. 4 e ). Correspondingly, both the results of TLC andGC-MS show that the TAG pool content in 6196DM increases during thestationary phase while the TAG pool content in 61960E decreases whencompared with M145 (FIGS. 4 f-g ). These results all indicate that thegene sco6196 is a key gene affecting intracellular TAG pool thedegradation and Act production.

Universality of the strategy of increasing production of polyketidecompounds by controlling the timing of TAG decomposition.

Furthermore, a strategy is proposed to increase the production ofpolyketide compounds by using an induced expression system to controlthe expression of gene sco6196 and TAG pool degradation in a real-timequantitative manner (FIG. 5 a ). Sco6196 is cloned into a cumateinduction system (Horbal, L., etc., Applied Microbiology andBiotechnology 98, 8641-8655, 2014) to obtain a pCu-SCO6196 plasmid, thepCu-SCO6196 plasmid is transformed into M145 to obtain an engineeredstrain M145-DT. Under optimized induction conditions (adding 10 μMcumate at 48 h, FIG. 5 b ), the Act production of M145-DT is 216.1±15.1mg/L, which is 1.63-fold higher than that of the parental strain M145and 58% higher than the high-yielding strain HY01 (FIG. 5 c ), and thespecific productivity of Act of the strain is also significantlyimproved (FIG. 5 d ).

The TAG decomposition real-time control module constructed as above isintegrated into the genome of Streptomyces venezuelae ISP5230 to obtainan engineered strain Sv-DT. ISP5230 strain is used to produce JedomycinB (JdB). The productions of JdB at different induction concentrations(0.1-30 μM) and different induction times (8-24h) are measured, and thebest induction condition is to add 10 μM cumate in the medium at 16 h.Under this condition, Sv-DT produces 133.0±9.4 mg/L of JdB at 48 h,which is 1.7-fold higher than the parent strain ISP5230 (FIG. 5 e ).

The TAG decomposition real-time control module constructed as above isintegrated into the genomes of Streptomyces rimosus M4018 and itshigh-yielding engineered strain M2R to obtain engineered strains M-DTand M2R-DT, respectively. M4018 strain is used to produceoxytetracycline (Otc). The productions of Otc at different inductionconcentrations (0.1-30 μM) and different induction times (48-96 h) aremeasured, and the best induction condition for the two strains (M-DT andM2R-DT) are to add 10 μM cumate in the medium at 72 h and 5 μM cumate at60 h, respectively. Under this condition, the productions of the twostrains are increased by 3.7-fold to reach 4.54±0.58 g/L and by 48% toreach 9.17±0.82 g/L (FIG. 5 f ).

The above results all indicate that real-time control of TAGdecomposition can improve fermentation productions on a laboratoryscale. Furthermore, the effect of this strategy is evaluated on anindustrial scale (such as a stirred tank bioreactor). The TAGdecomposition real-time control module constructed as above isintegrated into the genome of Streptomyces avermitilis to obtain anengineered strain A56-DT. The TAG decomposition of A56-DT is real-timecontrolled in a 180 m³ fermentor, and A56-DT produces 9.31 g/L ofabamectin B1a (FIG. 5 g ), which is the highest output that can beachieved on an industrial scale currently reported. These results allindicate that the carbon flux of secondary metabolism can be adjusted byregulating TAG decomposition, so as to increase the fermentationproduction of polyketide compounds on an industrial scale.

Method

Construction method of TAG degradation regulation module and engineeringbacteria M145-DT, Sv-DT, M-DT, M2R-DT, A56-DT, 61960E and 6196DM.Plasmid pGCymRP21 (Horbal et al., 2014, Appl Microbiol Biotechnol,98:8641-8655) is used as a template, and the cumate inducible promoteris amplified by using primer pairs CuF and CuR. Genome of Streptomycescoelicolor M145 is used as a template, and gene sco6196 is amplified byusing primer pairs 6196F and 6196R. These two fragments are subjected toGibson assembled with pSET152 linear fragment (Bierman et al., 1992,Gene, 116:43-49) digested with restriction enzymes XbaI/EcoRV by using aGibson method, and plasmid pCu-SCO6196 is obtained, namely TAGdegradation control module. This plasmid can be used to controldegradation of the intracellular TAG in a real-time quantitative manner.The plasmid is integrated into genomes of Streptomyces coelicolor M145,Streptomyces venezuelae ISP5230, Streptomyces rimosus M4018 and M2R, andStreptomyces avermitilis industrial strain A56 by conjugation transfermethod (Tobias et al., 2000, Practical Streptomyces Genetics, The JohnInns Foundation, Norwich, UK) to obtain strains M145-DT, Sv-DT, M-DT,M2R-DT and A56-DT, respectively.

Construction of 61960E: firstly, M145 is used as a template, and genesco6196 is amplified by using primer pairs 96F1 and 96R1. The amplifiedproduct is ligated with plasmid plMEP (Wang et al., 2014, Proc Natl AcadSci USA 111, 5688-5693) digested with EcoRV and EcoRI by using a Gibsonmethod, and plasmid pIMEP-960E is obtained. This plasmid is integratedinto the genome of M145 strain by conjugation transfer method to obtain61960E strain.

6196DM is constructed by homologous recombination. Firstly, the plasmidbackbone of PKC 1132 (Tobias et al., 2000, Practical StreptomycesGenetics, The John Inns Foundation, Norwich, UK) is amplified by usingprimers 1132F and 1132R, then the upper and lower arms of gene sco6196are amplified by using 96LF and 96LR, and 96RF and 96RR, respectively.The three amplified fragments are ligated together to obtain plasmidpKC1132-96DM. This plasmid is integrated into the genome of M145 strainby conjugation transfer method, and a homologous double-exchange strain6196DM is obtained by screening.

The primer sequences used for strain construction are shown in Table 2.

Analytical Method

All analyzed samples are provided for 3 or 5 biological replicates.

Determination of intracellular metabolites of Streptomyces coelicolor byGC-MS.

Cultures collected at different fermentation times are collected andpretreated as follows. (1) Bacteria in the fermentation broth arequickly collected and filtered (acetyl cellulose membrane having a poresize of 0.8 μm, filtration time<30 s), and washed with 30 ml ofdeionized water precooled to 0° C. (2) The collected cells are quicklytransferred to a mortar and immersed in liquid nitrogen (30 s) forquenching. If the following steps cannot be performed immediately, thecells can be frozen at −80° C. for several weeks. (3) The frozen cellsare ground into powders in liquid nitrogen. (4) The cell powders (200mg) are quickly suspended in 1.0 ml of 50v/v % methanol/water extractionbuffer pre-cooled to −20° C., and vortexed and mixed in a cold ethanolbath at −20° C. for 30 s. The mixture is subjected to three freeze-thawcycles (45 s/3 min for each cycle). After centrifugation at thecondition of −15° C. and 13,000×g for 10 min, the supernatant (0.8 ml)is collected, and the precipitate is re-extracted twice by adding 0.5 mlof extraction buffer, then the extracts are combined. 100 μL ofsuccinic-d₄ acid (0.14 mg/ml) used as an internal standard is added to atotal of 1.3 ml of metabolite extract for correction. (5) The extract isfreezed and freeze-dried overnight in a vacuum concentrator. (6)Methoxyamine hydrochloride is dissolved in pyridine at a concentrationof 20 mg/ml before use (Winder, C. L., etc., Anal. Chem. 80, 2939-2948,2008). For each sample, 60 μL of methoxyamine hydrochloride solution isadded and incubated in a water bath at 40° C. for 90 min. The samplesare vortexed and mixed for 30 s every 15 min of incubation. (7)N-methyl-N-(trimethylsilyl)-trifluoroacetamide (MSTFA) (80 μL) is addedand the sample is incubated under the same conditions as (6). (8) Thesample is centrifuged at 13,000×g for 10 min, and GC-MS analysis isperformed within 24 h.

Glucose: 1 ml of fermentation broth is centrifuged at 12000 rpm for 10min, then supernatant of the sample is diluted, and glucose in thefermentation broth is analyzed by using an enzyme analyzer (typeSBA-40C).

Malonyl-CoA and acetyl-coenzyme A: The above quenched and groundbacterial powders are extracted by a trichloroacetic acid-etherextraction method. The specific method is as follows: 1.3 ml oftrichloroacetic acid pre-cooled by ice-water is added to 200 mg ofbacterial grinding materials, which was shaken at 0° C. for 3 min,followed by centrifuging at 0° C. for 10 min, then the supernatant iscollected, and 2 ml of pre-cooled (−20° C.) ether is added to removetrichloroacetic acid. The aqueous phase is recovered and freeze-dried,and the freeze-dried product is re-dissolved in 300 μL of ice-precooledammonium formate (25 mM). The malonyl-CoA and acetyl-coenzyme A aredetected by LC-MS/MS after passing through a membrane (0.22 μm).

Act: 1 mL of fermentation broth is collected, and the bacteria arecollected by centrifuging at 4° C. and 10000×g, then 1 mol/L KOH isadded to continue to centrifuge to obtain a supernatant, and OD640 ismeasured by using a microplate reader. Act production is calculatedaccording to the molar absorption coefficient (ε640=25320) at thiswavelength.

Gedomycin B, oxytetracycline and abamectin B1a: Gedomycin B (Chen etal., 2005, J Biol Chem, 280: 22508-22514), oxytetracycline (Yin et al.,2015, Microb Cell Fact, 14: 46) and abamectin B1a (Zhuo et al., 2010,PNAS, 107: 11250-11254) are detected according to the method reportedprevious literature.

Measurement method of biomass: 1 mL of fermentation broth is collectedand centrifuged, then the supernatant is removed, and the precipitate iswashed with SET buffer once, then centrifuging is performed, and thesupernatant is removed. The bacteria are re-suspended in 2 mL ofdiphenylamine reagent, and bathed in water at 60° C. for 1 h, followedby centrifuging, and the supernatant is determined for OD595.

TAG analysis: The fermentation broth is collected, and the bacteria arecollected by centrifuging at −9° C. and 13000×g for 1 min. Then thecells are snap frozen in liquid nitrogen for 2 min, and thenfreeze-dried in a freeze drier. 10 mg of freeze-dried bacteria areextracted with chloroform/methanol (2:1, v/v) in a water bath at 40° C.for 3 h, and shaken vigorously for 1 min every half h. TAG is separatedby a thin-layer chromatography chromatographic plate, wherein n-hexane:ether: acetic acid (80:20:1) is used as a developing solvent, and copperphosphate is used as a color developer to develop at 100° C. Tanon 1600gel imaging system is used for quantitative analysis based on TAGgrayscale.

Determination of reducing power: NADH/NAD⁺, ATP/ADP and NADPH/NADP⁺ aredetermined by using a kit (BioVision, USA) according to themanufacturer's instructions.

Activity determination of citrate synthase, isocitrate dehydrogenase andα-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase in vitro: After 36 h of cultivation in SMMmedium, the collected fermentation broth is centrifuged for collectingthe bacteria, which are washed with deionized water for 3 times,followed by crushing the cells by ultrasound. The crushed cells arecentrifuged, and the supernatant is collected to obtain a crude enzymesolution, which is used to analyze the activities of three differentenzymes. To determine the activity of citric acid synthase, addoxaloacetate (0.5 mM), acetyl-coenzyme A (0.2 mM), Tris-HCl (100 mM, pH7.5), 5,5′-disulfide bis (2-nitrobenzoic acid) and the crude enzymesolution (200 μL) are added to a 2 mL reaction system, and the activityof citrate synthase is determined by measuring the change in the contentof citric acid by HPLC. To determine the activity of isocitratedehydrogenase, Tris-HCl (100 mM, pH 7.5), isocitrate (0.2 mM), manganesesulfate (1.5 mM) and the crude enzyme solution (200 μL) are added to a 2mL reaction system, and the content of α-ketoglutarate is determined byHPLC, so as to determine the activity of isocitrate dehydrogenase. Todetermine the activity of α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase, Tris-HCl (150mM, pH 8.0), coenzyme A (0.1 mM), thiamine pyrophosphate (0.2 mM), andL-cysteine (2.5 mM), α-ketoglutarate (2.5 mM) and the crude enzymesolution (200 μL) are added to a 2 mL reaction system, and the contentchange of succinyl-CoA is determined by HPLC-MS/MS, so as to determinethe activity of α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase. To determine the effectsof NADH or/and ATP on the activities of three different enzymes, 0.1 mMNADH or/and ATP is added to each reaction system as needed. Allreactions are carried out at 30° C. for 15 min.

Isotope labeling analysis: Labelled intracellular metabolites areanalyzed by using a multi-reaction monitoring model in LC-MSMS (Han, J.et al. Metabolomic analysis of key central carbon metabolism carboxylicacids as their 3-nitrophenylhydrazones by UPLC/ESI-MS. Electrophoresis34,2891-2900 (2013)), and natural isotope abundance is corrected (Yuan,J. et al. Kinetic flux profiling for quantitation of cellular metabolicfluxes. Nature Protocols 3, 1328-1340 (2008)).

Fluorescence quantitative PCR analysis: The primers used are shown inTable 3.

TABLE 1 Metabolites identified by GC-MS Chemical Type Putativemetabolite ^(a) formula Metabolic pathway Amino acid L-alanine C₃H₇NO₂Metabolism of metabolism L-aspartic acid C₄H₇NO₄ alanine, asparticN-carbamoyl-L-aspartic acid C₅H₈N₂O₅ acid and glutamic acid5-aminovaleric acid C₅H₁₁NO₂ Metabolism of DL-ornithine C₅H₁₂N₂O₂arginine and proline L-citrulline C₇H₁₄N₂O₃ L-proline C₅H₉NO₂ L-glutamicacid 5-phosphate C₅H₁₀NO₇P N-acetyl-L-glutamic acid C₇H₁₁NO₅Trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline C₅H₉NO₃ N-acetyl-L-glutamic acid C₇H₁₂NO₈P5-phosphate L-glutamine C₅H₁₀N₂O₂ Metabolism of D-glutamine andD-glutamic acid 5-oxo-L-proline C₅H₇NO₃ Glutathione L-cysteine C₃H₇NO₂Smetabolism Glycine C₂H₅NO₂ Metabolism of L-threonine C₄H₉NO₃ glycine,serine and 2-oxobutyric acid C₄H₆O₃ threonine Serine C₃H₇NO₃3-phosphoserine C₃H₈NO₆P L-2-amino-3-oxobutyric acid C₄H₇NO₃2-oxohexanedioic acid C₆H₈O₅ Leucine and Glutaric acid C₅H₈O₄ tryptophanPipecolic acid C₆H₁₁NO₂ Phenylalanine C₉H₁₁NO₂ PhenylalaninePhenylpyruic acid C₉H₈O₃ metabolism 3,4-dihydroxyphenylpyruvic acidC₉H₈O₅ Tyrosine Tyrosine C₉H₁₁NO₃ metabolism 3-hydroxy-L-tyrosineC₉H₁₁NO₄ 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-oxobutyric C₅H₈O₄ Biosynthesis of acidvaline, leucine and isoleucine 2-Oxoisovaleric acid C₅H₈O₃ Metabolism ofL-isoleucine C₆H₁₃NO₂ valine, leucine and L-leucine C₆H₁₃NO₂ isoleucine4-methyl-2-oxovalericacidethylester C₆H₁₀O₃ L-valine C₅H₁₁NO₂ Metabolismof Hydroxymethylphosphonic acid CH₅O₄P Metabolism of other aminophosphonic acid acids and hypophosphorous acid Carbohydrate D-glycericacid-3-phosphoric acid C₃H₇O₇P Glycolysis/ metabolism D-galactoseC₆H₁₂O₆ gluconeogenesis 1,3-diphospho-D-glyceric acid C₃H₈O₁₀P₂Dihydroxyacetone phosphate C₃H₇O₆P 3-phosphoglyceraldehyde C₃H₇O₆PGlucose-6-phosphatase C₆H₁₃O₉P Lactic acid C₃H₆O₃ Pyruvic acid C₃H₄O₃Citric Acid C₆H₈O₇ Tricarboxylic acid DL-malic acid C₄H₆O₅ cycleOxaloacetic acid C₄H₄O₅ Fumaric acid C₄H₄O₄ Isocitric acid C₆H₈O₇Succinic acid C₄H₆O₄ α-Ketoglutaric acid C₅H₆O₅ 6-phospho-D-gluconicacid C₆H₁₃O₁₀P Pentose phosphate 6-phosphogluconic acid C₆H₁₃O₁₀Ppathway D-pentahydroxy-heptulose C₇H₁₅O₁₀P 7-phosphateD-ribose-5-phosphate C₅H₁₁O₈P D-ribose C₅H₁₀O₅ D-erythrose-4-phosphateC₄H₉O₇P D-ribulose 5-phosphate C₅H₁₁O₈P D-xylulose 5-phosphate C₅H₁₁O₈PRibitol C₅H₁₂O₅ Mutual conversion DL-arabinose C₅H₁₀O₅ of pentose andD-ribulose C₅H₁₀O₅ glucuronic acid D-xylofuranose C₅H₁₀O₅ D-xylopyranoseC₅H₁₀O₅ Galacturonic acid C₆H₁₀O₇ Glycidaldehyde C₃H₆O₃ Lyxose C₅H₁₀O₅Xylitol C₅H₁₂O₅ L-fucose-1,5-lactone C₆H₁₀O₅ Galactose D-fructoseC₆H₁₂O₆ metabolism D-fructose-1,6-diphosphate C₆H₁₄O₁₂P₂ D-mannitolC₆H₁₄O₆ D-mannopyranose-6-phosphate C₆H₁₃O₉P D-mannose 6-phosphateC₆H₁₃O₆P L-fucose acid C₆H₁₂O₆P D-mannose C₆H₁₂O₆ L-furarhamnose C₆H₁₂O₅L-rhamnose 1-phosphate C₆H₁₃O₈P Mannitol phosphate C₆H₁₅O₉P SorbitolC₆H₁₄O₆ D-galactose C₆H₁₂O₆ Metabolism of D-galactopyranose C₆H₁₂O₆galactose D-galactopyranosyl 1-phosphate C₆H₁₃O₉P D-fructofuranose6-phosphate C₆H₁₃O₉P Lactose C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ D-galactonic acid C₆H₁₂O₇Melibiose C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ Sucrose C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ D-glucuronolactone C₆H₈O₆Ascorbate and L-arabinose-1,4-lactone C₅H₈O₅ aldarate metabolism4-hydroxybutanoic acid C₄H₈O₃ Butanoate metabolism 2-oxovaleric acidC₅H₈O₃ Pyruvate metabolism Glyoxylic acid C₂H₂O₃ Glyoxylate and Glycolicacid C₂H₄O₃ dicarboxylate Oxalic acid C₂H₂O₄ metabolism Myo-inositolC₆H₁₂O₆ Phosphoinositide Inositol monophosphate C₆H₁₃O₉P metabolismInositol C₆H₁₂O₇ Scyllitol C₆H₁₂O₇ Maltose C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ Starch and sucrosemetabolism Digestive 2-methylpropionic acid C₄H₈O₂ Protein digestionsystem and absorption Energy Phosphoric acid H₃O₄P Oxidative metabolismphosphorylation Lipid Dodecanoic acid C₁₂H₃₀O₂ Fatty acid metabolismMyristic acid C₁₄H₂₈O₂ biosynthesis Palmitic acid C₁₆H₃₂O₂ Heptadecanoicacid C₁₇H₃₄O₂ Stearic acid C₁₈H₃₆O₂ n-Pentadecanoic acid C₁₅H₃₀O₂ MG(16:0/0:0/0:0) C₁₉H₃₈O₂ Glycerolipid MG (18:0/0:0/0:0) C₂₁H₄₂O₄metabolism Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate C₃H₉O₆P Glycerol C₃H₈O₃Transmembrane Methyl-P-D-galactopyranoside C₇H₁₄O₆ ATP-binding transportcassette transporter Metabolism of Nicotinic acid C₆H₅NO₂ Nicotinic acidand cofactors and Quinolinic acid C₇H₅NO₄ nicotinamide vitaminsmetabolism Retinoic acid C₂₀H₂₈O₂ Retinol metabolism Nucleotide AdenineC₅H₅N₅ Purine metabolism metabolism Aminoformic acid CH₃NO₂ PyrimidineCarbamyl phosphate CH₄NO₅P metabolism Uracil C₄H₄N₂O₂ Thymine C₅H₆N₂O₂Thymidine C₁₀H₁₄N₂O₅ Propanedioic acid C₃H₄O₄ Xanthine C₅H₄N₄O₂5-phosphoribosyl amine C₅H₁₂NO₇P Xanthosine C₁₀H₁₂N₄O₆ Guanine C₅H₅N₅OUridine C₉H₁₂N₂O₆ Uridine 5′-monophosphate C₉H₁₃N₂O₉P Other Adipic acidC₆H₁₀O₄ metabolic 2-Phenylbutyric acid C₁₀H₁₂O₂ pathways3-Hydroxypyridine C₅H₅NO 3-Hydroxy-tetradecanedioic acid C₁₄H₂₆O₅Deoxyribonucleic acid lactone C₅H₈O₄ D-erythritol C₄H₁₀O₄ D-erythroseC₄H₈O₄ D-turanose C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ Estradiol methyl ether C₁₉H₂₆O₂ HeneicosaneC₂₁H₄₄ L-norvaline C₅H₁₁NO₂ N-acetylglucosamine C₈H₁₅NO₆ Valeric acidC₅H₁₀O₂ N-α-Acetyl-L-lysine C₈H₁₆N₂O₃ Succinylacetone C₇H₁₀O₄ ^(a) Theputative metabolites are identified by searching the commercial databaseNational Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST 8.0) MassSpectrometry Library and Fiehn Metabolism Library³. Metabolites withindications greater than 80% are identified directly. For metaboliteswith indications between 40% and 80%, manual correction is performed bycomparing the measured mass spectrum with the putative compound inNIST8.0. Metabolites indicated below 40% are ignored.

TABLE 2 Primers used in plasmid construction Primers Description NameSequence (5′-3′) Construction CuF Aagcttgggctgcaggtcgactctagagttat ofcaccgcttgaacttggc (SEQ ID No: 1) pCu- CuRgacggctgggggcgcggggtgcggtcactggg SCO6196 gtcctcctgttgctcgactagtataatac(SEQ ID NO: 2) 6196F gtgaccgcacccgcgccagccgtc (SEQ ID NO: 3) 6196RAcatgattacgaattcgatatcgcgcggccgc ggatctcaggggcgcgctccgtacc(SEQ ID NO: 4) Confirmation LCF gccaagttcaagcggtgataatctagacgctc ofcctgcccgctatggtgacga pCu- (SEQ ID NO: 5) SCO6196 LCRccctgatgataagcattacg atatcgaattcgtaatcatgtcatagctg (SEQ ID NO: 6)Construction 96LF cagtgccaagcttgggctgcaggagaacggtc of 6196DMcggcgattgtcctcg (SEQ ID NO: 7) 96LR cgagtgggtcctcgtccagtacgggatccaggagttcctgtacgcccacc (SEQ ID NO: 8) 96RF tcctggatcccgtactggacgaggacccactcg (SEQ ID NO: 9) 96RR ctatgacatgattacgaattcgatatcgatga aactgcgcgcggtc(SEQ ID NO: 10) 1132F catcgatatcgaattcgtaatcatgtcatag (SEQ ID NO: 11)1132R gttctcctgcagcccaagcttggcactggc (SEQ ID NO: 12) Confirmation 96vFagtaggcgcgcagttcctccag of 6196DM (SEQ ID NO: 13) 96vRtcccgtccggacggcgctggacctacg (SEQ ID NO: 14) Construction 96F1atctagcggaacggatctag ag atgtg of 61960E accgcacccgcgccccagccgtc(SEQ ID NO: 15) 96R1 ttccatcgccgcttcatgatgaattctcgccgc ggccgataccggtgc(SEQ ID NO: 16)

TABLE 3 Primers used in fluorescent quantitative PCR Description NameSequence (5'-3') sco6196 96F2 ggcatctgggcggtcaact (SEQ ID NO: 17) 96R2gctgctcttgtggggcgagg (SEQ ID NO: 18) Comparison 0710Ftgtccgccctccgctccgtgtgtcc (SEQ ID NO: 19) 0710R tccaggaccgtgtcgccgtag(SEQ ID NO: 20) sco7244 7244F gtgcagctcctgtacacctc (SEQ ID NO: 21) 7244Rctcaggtactcgtgcaccag (SEQ ID NO: 22) sco6968 6968F cagaccgtctccctcaactc(SEQ ID NO: 23) 6968R cctccttcaccatcagctcg (SEQ ID NO: 24) sco4383 4383Fcatccagaaccaccgcatca (SEQ ID NO: 25) 4383R tcagcgaggagaggtcgtag(SEQ ID NO: 26) sco2444 2444F agagcggcggttacaagatc (SEQ ID NO: 27) 2444Rcacgatccgttccccgag (SEQ ID NO: 28)

1. A method for improving the production of a polyketide compound in aStreptomyces, comprising a step of strengthening a triacylglyceroldecomposition pathway in a Streptomyces during a stationary phase. 2.The method of claim 1, wherein the triacylglycerol decomposition pathwayis a β-oxidation pathway.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein thepolyketide compound is selected from the group consisting of a type Ipolyketone compound, a type II polyketone compound, and a type IIIpolyketone compound.
 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the polyketide isselected from the group consisting of actinomycin, jadomycin,avermectin, milbemycin, oxytetracycline and nemadectin.
 5. The method ofclaim 1, wherein a fatty acid moiety of the triacylglycerol is a fattyacid having a carbon number of 12-24.
 6. The method of claim 1, whereinthe Streptomyces is selected from the group consisting of a Streptomycescoelicolor, a Streptomyces albus, a Streptomyces venezuelae,Streptomyces lividans, a Streptomyces avermitilis, a Streptomycesrimosus, a Streptomyces hygroscopicus, a Streptomyces cyaneogriseus, anda Streptomyces bingchenggensis.
 7. The method of claim 2, wherein thetriacylglycerol decomposition pathway is strengthened by enhancing anexpression level and/or activity of at least one enzyme in theStreptomyces that catalyzes an irreversible reaction of the β-oxidationpathway.
 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the enzyme that catalyzes anirreversible reaction of the β-oxidation pathway is selected from thegroup consisting of an acyl coenzyme A synthetase, an acyl-coenzyme Adehydrogenase, an acyl-coenzyme A hydratase, and any combinationthereof.
 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the Streptomyces is aStreptomyces coelicolor, the acyl coenzyme A synthetase is selected fromthe group consisting of SCO1330, SCO2131, SCO2444, SCO2561, SCO2720,SCO3436, SCO4006, SCO4503, SCO5983, SCO6196, SCO6552, SCO6790, SCO6968,SCO7244, SCO7329, SCO4383, and any combination thereof; theacyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is selected from the group consisting ofSCO1690, SCO2774, SCO6787, and any combination thereof; and theacyl-coenzyme A hydratase is selected from SCO4384 and/or SCO6732. 10.The method of claim 8, wherein the Streptomyces is a Streptomyces albus,the acyl coenzyme A synthetase is selected from the group consisting ofSLNWT_0050, SLNWT_0304, SLNWT_0327, SLNWT_0598, SLNWT_0621, SLNWT_3453,SLNWT_4291, SLNWT_6199, SLNWT_6951, and any combination thereof; theacyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is SLNWT_4686; and the acyl-coenzyme Ahydratase is selected from the group consisting of SLNWT_0723,SLNWT_0850, SLNWT_4292, SLNWT_6769, SLNWT_6771, and any combinationthereof.
 11. The method of claim 8, wherein the Streptomyces is aStreptomyces venezuelae, the acyl coenzyme A synthetase is selected fromthe group consisting of SVEN_0294, SVEN_0876, SVEN_2231, SVEN_3097,SVEN_4199, SVEN_6078, SVEN_6188, SVEN_6773, SVEN_6774, SVEN_7224, andany combination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is selectedfrom SVEN_0520 and/or SVEN_1293; and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase isselected from the group consisting of SVEN_0030, SVEN_0204, SVEN_0279,SVEN_1657, SVEN_4200, SVEN_5574, SVEN_5576, SVEN_6413, and anycombination thereof.
 12. The method of claim 8, wherein the Streptomycesis a Streptomyces lividans, the acyl coenzyme A synthetase is selectedfrom the group consisting of SLIV_03075, SLIV_04410, SLIV_07155,SLIV_16515, SLIV_25480, SLIV_36365, and any combination thereof; theacyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is SLIV_29290; and the acyl-coenzyme Ahydratase is selected from SLIV_16510 and/or SLIV_36115.
 13. The methodof claim 8, wherein the Streptomyces is a Streptomyces avermitilis, theacyl coenzyme A synthetase is selected from the group consisting ofSAVERM_1258, SAVERM_1346, SAVERM_1603, SAVERM_2030, SAVERM_2279,SAVERM_377, SAVERM_3806, SAVERM_3864, SAVERM_5723, SAVERM_605,SAVERM_6612, and any combination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme Adehydrogenase is selected from the group consisting of SAVERM_1381,SAVERM_5280, SAVERM_6614, and any combination thereof; and theacyl-coenzyme A hydratase is selected from the group consisting ofSAVERM_1245, SAVERM_1680, SAVERM_3863, SAVERM_6203, SAVERM_717,SAVERM_7216, and any combination thereof.
 14. The method of claim 8,wherein the Streptomyces is a Streptomyces rimosus, the acyl coenzyme Asynthetase is selected from the group consisting of an acyl coenzyme Asynthetase having a NCBI registration number of WP_053803359.1,ELQ77730.1, WP_033034442.1, KOT44666.1, WP_033033106.1, and anycombination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is selected fromthe group consisting of an acyl coenzyme A dehydrogenase having a NCBIregistration number of WP_125057199.1, WP_033031914.1, WP_030661846.1,WP_030634872.1, WP_030370993.1, and any combination thereof; and theacyl-coenzyme A hydratase is selected from an acyl-coenzyme A hydratasehaving a NCBI registration number of WP_030669923.1 and/orWP_125053679.1.
 15. The method of claim 8, wherein the Streptomyces is aStreptomyces bingchenggensis, the acyl coenzyme A synthetase is selectedfrom the group consisting of SBI_00524, SBI_02958, SBI_03178, SBI_04546,SBI_04871, SBI_06310, SBI_07635, SBI_08381, SBI_08662, SBI_09123, andany combination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is selectedfrom SBI_08383 and/or SBI_09842; and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase isselected from the group consisting of SBI_01088, SBI_01673, SBI_01731,SBI_02642, SBI_04870, and any combination thereof.
 16. The method ofclaim 6, wherein the triacylglycerol decomposition pathway isstrengthened by enhancing an expression level and/or activity of anesterase in the Streptomyces.
 17. The method of claim 16, wherein theesterase is selected from the group consisting of the followingproteins: a Streptomyces coelicolor esterase selected from SCO0713(NP_625018.1), SCO1265 (NP_625552.1), SCO1735 (NP_626008.1), SCO3219(NP_627433.1), SCO4368 (NP_628538.1), SCO4746 (NP_628904.1), SCO4799(NP_628956.1), SCO6966 (NP_631032.1) and SCO7131 (NP_631192.1); aStreptomyces bingchenggensis esterase selected from SBI_00115(WP_014172715.1), SBI_00631 (WP_014173231.1), SBI_01149 (WP_014173749.1)and SBI_01728 (WP_014174328.1); a Streptomyces avermitilis esteraseselected from SAVERM_RS02860 (WP_010981907.1), SAVERM_RS04345 (WP010036168.1), SAVERM_RS04550 (WP_107083239.1), and SAVERM_RS23405(WP010985956.1); a Streptomyces albus esterase selected from SLNWT_RS18180(WP_078845043.1), SLNWT_RS12910 (WP_040249758.1) and SLNWT_RS12900(WP_040249752.1); and a Bacillus subtilis esterase selected fromBSU_08350 (NP_388716.1), BSU_24510 (NP_390331.1) and BSU_21740(NP_390057.1).
 18. The method of claim 8, wherein the enzyme is operablylinked to downstream of an inducible promoter and induced during thestationary phase.
 19. The method of claim 1, wherein the triacylglyceroldecomposition pathway in the Streptomyces is strengthened during thestationary phase by inhibiting a carbon metabolism flow from anacetyl-coenzyme A to a tricarboxylic acid cycle.
 20. The method of claim1, further comprising increasing a NADH/NAD⁺ ratio in the Streptomyces.21. The method of claim 20, wherein the NADH/NAD⁺ ratio is increased byadding NADH and/or ATP to a medium.
 22. A method for switching a primarymetabolism to a secondary metabolism in a Streptomyces, comprisingstrengthening a triacylglycerol decomposition pathway in theStreptomyces.
 23. The method of claim 22, wherein the triacylglyceroldecomposition pathway is a β-oxidation pathway.
 24. The method of claim22 or 23, wherein a fatty acid moiety of the triacylglycerol is a fattyacid having a carbon number of 12-24.
 25. The method of claim 22,wherein the Streptomyces is selected from the group consisting of aStreptomyces coelicolor, a Streptomyces albus, a Streptomycesvenezuelae, a Streptomyces lividans, a Streptomyces avermitilis, aStreptomyces rimosus, Streptomyces hygroscopicus, a Streptomycescyaneogriseus, and a Streptomyces bingchenggensis.
 26. The method ofclaim 22, wherein the triacylglycerol decomposition pathway isstrengthened by enhancing an expression level and/or activity of atleast one enzyme in the Streptomyces that catalyzes an irreversiblereaction of the β-oxidation pathway.
 27. The method of claim 26, whereinthe enzyme that catalyzes an irreversible reaction of the β-oxidationpathway is selected from the group consisting of an acyl coenzyme Asynthetase, an acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase, an acyl-coenzyme Ahydratase, and any combination thereof.
 28. The method of claim 27,wherein the Streptomyces is a Streptomyces coelicolor, the acyl coenzymeA synthetase is selected from the group consisting of SCO1330, SCO2131,SCO2444, SCO2561, SCO2720, SCO3436, SCO4006, SCO4503, SCO5983, SCO6196,SCO6552, SCO6790, SCO6968, SCO7244, SCO7329, SCO4383, and anycombination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is selected fromthe group consisting of SCO1690, SCO2774, SCO6787, and any combinationthereof; and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase is selected from SCO4384and/or SCO6732.
 29. The method of claim 27, wherein the Streptomyces isa Streptomyces albus, the acyl coenzyme A synthetase is selected fromthe group consisting of SLNWT_0050, SLNWT_0304, SLNWT_0327, SLNWT_0598,SLNWT_0621, SLNWT_3453, SLNWT_4291, SLNWT_6199, SLNWT_6951, and anycombination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is SLNWT_4686;and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase is selected from the group consistingof SLNWT_0723, SLNWT_0850, SLNWT_4292, SLNWT_6769, SLNWT_6771, and anycombination thereof.
 30. The method of claim 27, wherein theStreptomyces is a Streptomyces venezuelae, the acyl coenzyme Asynthetase is selected from the group consisting of SVEN_0294,SVEN_0876, SVEN_2231, SVEN_3097, SVEN_4199, SVEN_6078, SVEN_6188,SVEN_6773, SVEN_6774, SVEN_7224, and any combination thereof; theacyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is selected from SVEN_0520 and/orSVEN_1293; and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase is selected from the groupconsisting of SVEN_0030, SVEN_0204, SVEN_0279, SVEN_1657, SVEN_4200,SVEN_5574, SVEN_5576, SVEN_6413, and any combination thereof.
 31. Themethod of claim 27, wherein the Streptomyces is a Streptomyces lividans,the acyl coenzyme A synthetase is selected from the group consisting ofSLIV_03075, SLIV_04410, SLIV_07155, SLIV_16515, SLIV_25480, SLIV_36365,and any combination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase isSLIV_29290; and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase is selected fromSLIV_16510 and/or SLIV_36115.
 32. The method of claim 27, wherein theStreptomyces is a Streptomyces avermitilis, the acyl coenzyme Asynthetase is selected from the group consisting of SAVERM_1258,SAVERM_1346, SAVERM_1603, SAVERM_2030, SAVERM_2279, SAVERM_377,SAVERM_3806, SAVERM_3864, SAVERM_5723, SAVERM_605, SAVERM_6612, and anycombination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is selected fromthe group consisting of SAVERM_1381, SAVERM_5280, SAVERM_6614, and anycombination thereof; and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase is selected fromthe group consisting of SAVERM_1245, SAVERM_1680, SAVERM_3863,SAVERM_6203, SAVERM_717, SAVERM_7216, and any combination thereof. 33.The method of claim 27, wherein the Streptomyces is Streptomycesrimosus, the acyl coenzyme A synthetase is selected from the groupconsisting of an acyl coenzyme A synthetase having a NCBI registrationnumber of WP_053803359.1, ELQ77730.1, WP_033034442.1, KOT44666.1,WP_033033106.1, and any combination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme Adehydrogenase is selected from the group consisting of an acyl coenzymeA dehydrogenase having a NCBI registration number of WP_125057199.1,WP_033031914.1, WP_030661846.1, WP_030634872.1, WP_030370993.1, and anycombination thereof; and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase is selected froman acyl-coenzyme A hydratase having a NCBI registration number ofWP_030669923.1 and/or WP_125053679.1.
 34. The method of claim 27,wherein the Streptomyces is a Streptomyces bingchenggensis, the acylcoenzyme A synthetase is selected from the group consisting ofSBI_00524, SBI_02958, SBI_03178, SBI_04546, SBI_04871, SBI_06310,SBI_07635, SBI_08381, SBI_08662, SBI_09123, and any combination thereof;the acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is selected from SBI_08383 and/orSBI_09842; and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase is selected from the groupconsisting of SBI_01088, SBI_01673, SBI_01731, SBI_02642, SBI_04870, andany combination thereof.
 35. The method of claim 22, wherein thetriacylglycerol decomposition pathway is strengthened by enhancing anexpression level and/or activity of an esterase in the Streptomyces. 36.The method of claim 35, wherein the esterase is selected from the groupconsisting of the following proteins: a Streptomyces coelicolor esteraseselected from SCO0713 (NP_625018.1), SCO1265 (NP_625552.1), SCO1735(NP_626008.1), SCO3219 (NP_627433.1), SCO4368 (NP_628538.1), SCO4746(NP_628904.1), SCO4799 (NP_628956.1), SCO6966 (NP_631032.1) and SCO7131(NP_631192.1); a Streptomyces bingchenggensis esterase selected fromSBI_00115 (WP_014172715.1), SBI_00631 (WP_014173231.1), SBI_01149(WP_014173749.1) and SBI_01728 (WP_014174328.1); a Streptomycesavermitilis esterase selected from SAVERM_RS02860 (WP_010981907.1),SAVERM_RS04345 (WP_010036168.1), SAVERM_RS04550 (WP_107083239.1), andSAVERM RS23405(WP_010985956.1); a Streptomyces albus esterase selectedfrom SLNWT_RS18180 (WP_078845043.1), SLNWT_RS12910 (WP_040249758.1) andSLNWT_RS12900 (WP_040249752.1); and a Bacillus subtilis esteraseselected from BSU_08350 (NP_388716.1), BSU_24510 (NP_390331.1) andBSU_21740 (NP_390057.1).
 37. The method of claim 27, wherein the enzymeis operably linked to downstream of an inducible promoter, and switchingfrom a primary metabolism to a secondary metabolism is achieved byinducing expression.
 38. A Streptomyces for producing a polyketidecompound by fermentation, comprising at least one enzyme, wherein anexpression level and/or activity of at least one enzyme in theStreptomyces that catalyzes an irreversible reaction of a β-oxidationpathway is enhanced compared with an original strain.
 39. TheStreptomyces of claim 38, wherein at least one enzyme that catalyzes anirreversible reaction of the β-oxidation pathway is provided downstreamof an inducible promoter.
 40. The Streptomyces of claim 39, wherein theenzyme that catalyzes an irreversible reaction of the β-oxidationpathway is selected from the group consisting of an acyl coenzyme Asynthetase, an acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase, an acyl-coenzyme Ahydratase, and any combination thereof.
 41. The Streptomyces of claim40, wherein the Streptomyces is a Streptomyces coelicolor, and the acylcoenzyme A synthetase is selected from the group consisting of SCO1330,SCO2131, SCO2444, SCO2561, SCO2720, SCO3436, SCO4006, SCO4503, SCO5983,SCO6196, SCO6552, SCO6790, SCO6968, SCO7244, SCO7329, SCO4383, and anycombination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is selected fromthe group consisting of SCO1690, SCO2774, SCO6787, and any combinationthereof; and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase is selected from SCO4384and/or SCO6732.
 42. The Streptomyces of claim 40, wherein theStreptomyces is a Streptomyces albus, the acyl coenzyme A synthetase isselected from the group consisting of SLNWT_0050, SLNWT_0304,SLNWT_0327, SLNWT_0598, SLNWT_0621, SLNWT_3453, SLNWT_4291, SLNWT_6199,SLNWT_6951, and any combination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme Adehydrogenase is SLNWT_4686; and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase isselected from the group consisting of SLNWT_0723, SLNWT_0850,SLNWT_4292, SLNWT_6769, SLNWT_6771, and any combination thereof.
 43. TheStreptomyces of claim 40, wherein the Streptomyces is a Streptomycesvenezuelae, the acyl coenzyme A synthetase is selected from the groupconsisting of SVEN_0294, SVEN_0876, SVEN_2231, SVEN_3097, SVEN_4199,SVEN_6078, SVEN_6188, SVEN_6773, SVEN_6774, SVEN_7224, and anycombination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is selected fromSVEN_0520 and/or SVEN_1293; and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase isselected from the group consisting of SVEN_0030, SVEN_0204, SVEN_0279,SVEN_1657, SVEN_4200, SVEN_5574, SVEN_5576, SVEN_6413, and anycombination thereof.
 44. The Streptomyces of claim 40, wherein theStreptomyces is a Streptomyces lividans, and the acyl coenzyme Asynthetase is selected from the group consisting of SLIV_03075,SLIV_04410, SLIV_07155, SLIV_16515, SLIV_25480, SLIV_36365, and anycombination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is SLIV_29290;and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase is selected from SLIV_16510 and/orSLIV_36115.
 45. The Streptomyces of claim 40, wherein the Streptomycesis a Streptomyces avermitilis, and the acyl coenzyme A synthetase isselected from the group consisting of SAVERM_1258, SAVERM_1346,SAVERM_1603, SAVERM_2030, SAVERM_2279, SAVERM_377, SAVERM_3806,SAVERM_3864, SAVERM_5723, SAVERM_605, SAVERM_6612, and any combinationthereof; the acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is selected from the groupconsisting of SAVERM_1381, SAVERM_5280, SAVERM_6614, and any combinationthereof; and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase is selected from the groupconsisting of SAVERM_1245, SAVERM_1680, SAVERM_3863, SAVERM_6203,SAVERM_717, SAVERM_7216, and any combination thereof.
 46. TheStreptomyces of claim 40, wherein the Streptomyces is a Streptomycesrimosus, and the acyl coenzyme A synthetase is selected from the groupconsisting of an acyl coenzyme A synthetase having a NCBI registrationnumber of WP_053803359.1, ELQ77730.1, WP_033034442.1, KOT44666.1,WP_033033106.1, and any combination thereof; the acyl-coenzyme Adehydrogenase is selected from the group consisting of an acyl coenzymeA dehydrogenase having a NCBI registration number of WP_125057199.1,WP_033031914.1, WP_030661846.1, WP_030634872.1, WP_030370993.1, and anycombination thereof; and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase is selected froman acyl-coenzyme A hydratase having a NCBI registration number ofWP_030669923.1 and/or WP_125053679.1.
 47. The Streptomyces of claim 40,wherein the Streptomyces is a Streptomyces bingchenggensis, and the acylcoenzyme A synthetase is selected from the group consisting ofSBI_00524, SBI_02958, SBI_03178, SBI_04546, SBI_04871, SBI_06310,SBI_07635, SBI_08381, SBI_08662, SBI_09123, and any combination thereof;the acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase is selected from SBI_08383 and/orSBI_09842; and the acyl-coenzyme A hydratase is selected from the groupconsisting of SBI_01088, SBI_01673, SBI_01731, SBI_02642, SBI_04870, andany combination thereof.
 48. The Streptomyces of claim 38, wherein thepolyketide compound is selected from the group consisting of a type Ipolyketone compound, a type II polyketone compound, and a type IIIpolyketone compound.
 49. The Streptomyces bacterium of claim 48, whereinthe polyketide is selected from the group consisting of actinomycin,jadomycin, avermectin, milbemycin, oxytetracycline and nemadectin. 50.The Streptomyces of claim 38, wherein a fatty acid moiety of atriacylglycerol is a fatty acid having a carbon number of 12-24.
 51. TheStreptomyces of claim 38, wherein the Streptomyces is selected from thegroup consisting of a Streptomyces coelicolor, a Streptomyces albus, aStreptomyces venezuelae, a Streptomyces lividans, a Streptomycesavermitilis, a Streptomyces rimosus, a Streptomyces hygroscopicus, aStreptomyces cyaneogriseus, and a Streptomyces bingchenggensis. 52.(canceled)